News & Events

NSPCC: This is a version of our Underwear Rule guide to help protect deaf children from abuse. Find out more about the Underwear Rule here: www.nspcc.org.uk/underwear

For the first time, the Eurovision Song Contest is being presented for deaf people in International Sign Language. A team of six deaf artists and two hearing interpreters are performing at the semi-finals and the Grand Final. Austrian broadcaster ORF said it was inspired by the victory of Conchita Wurst last year to make the…

Deaf Hear.ie: Want to know more about listening to music at safe sound levels? Find out more about our Keep the Sound campaign here: http://www.keepthesound.ie/News-008.html

Aiken Promotions said “the provision of a signing facility is not appropriate for this kind of performance” Two deaf sisters have told of their disappointment that the promoter of a One Direction concert in Belfast will not provide them with a sign language interpreter for the Odyssey Arena event. Further read at: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/row-erupts-after-deaf-sisters-refused-sign-language-interpreter-for-one-direction-concert-at-odyssey-arena-belfast-31231200.html

The Tribe is a Ukrainian film, directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, set in a deaf boarding school where everyone communicates in sign language. When a teenager joins the school, he wins acceptance into a network dealing in crime and prostitution. But when he breaks the unwritten rules of the tribe, his future is threatened. Further read…

Like a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, Mateusz Mach is into hip-hop. “It is something I identify with,” Mach says. Unlike a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, he decided to turn his appreciation into an app business. After six months of work, he released Five, a messaging app for Android, iPhone, and Apple Watch that lets you…

Sign language gives tens of thousands of Irish people the priceless gift of communication – but it’s still unrecognised as an official language by the State. Further read at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/deaf-community-roar-for-recognition-of-sign-language-31191235.html

Irish Deaf Society: Good News!!! We got 40 Motions!! Limerick County Council becomes 40th local authority that passed the motion calling on the government to recognise ISL tonight. The motion was proposed by Cllr. Maria Byrne and was assisted by Lorraine Creed.

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