News & Events

The Dept. of Social Protection (DSP) access for Irish Sign Language (ISL) users. INFORMATION IN IRISH SIGN LANGUAGE (ISL) Information in Irish Sign Language (ISL) about the DSP can be viewed at: http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Video-guide-to-the-website.aspx SIGN LANGUAGE INTEPRETING ACCESS WITH DSP. Sign Language Interpreting access can be provided for customers meeting with staff. http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Translation–Interpretive-and-Sign-Language%C2%A0Services.aspx CUSTOMER CHARTER ACTION…

Artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and she was taught to believe that sound wasn’t a part of her life, that it was a hearing person’s thing. Through her art, she discovered similarities between American Sign Language and music, and she realized that sound doesn’t have to be known More information,…

Fourteen years ago I went to Exeter to see Jenny Sealey’s signed staging of The Changeling. I still recall the scene between Beatrice and De Flores when the appalled realisation dawns on both of them that they have misunderstood the other’s intention: she suddenly understands that he doesn’t want her money but her body; he…

Michael Parkinson is still haunted by the isolation experienced by his grandparents, who were both profoundly deaf. The chat-show host says we must all do more to help the hard of hearing. Further read at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/7854950/Michael-Parkinson-The-deaf-are-discriminated-against.html

Trinity College Dublin: This video gives a great overview of a how to help & support students who are deaf or hearing impaired studying at at Trinity College Dublin.

These Walls Can Talk is a landmark first for Irish television – an intimate portrayal of the Irish Deaf Community, told through their unique experience of St Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys in Cabra. This is an ISL (Irish Sign Language) programme. Link: http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/these-walls-can-talk-30003600/10477065/ Try international version if above doesn’t work: http://www.rte.ie/playerinternational/

Cabra Deaf Badminton Club is reopened now for the season 2015/16. New members are welcome to join. Training on a Monday night in Deaf Village Ireland, Cabra. Come along and try it out. Click on the link for more information – https://www.facebook.com/Cabra-Deaf-Badminton-Club-532176076831979

A cinema chain is to show weekly subtitled movies for the deaf and hard of hearing. The 22 Omniplex cinemas in Ireland will also provide sensory screenings for children with autism. A statement from the chain says they believe cinema should be accessible for all – and anyone with a disability should be able to…

Irish Deaf Society (IDS): The English translation for what Eddie Redmond (CEO) says in video is on our webpage – click here: www.irishdeafsociety.ie/news-events/press-release-bai/