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From Irish Deaf Society (IDS): Here’s a look back at our most viewed YouTube video about the Deaf communities struggle – “From Deafness to Deafhood”.

Cork Independent (Politics) on page 24 Read the digital edition: http://corkindependent.com/data/digitaledition/current/files/24.html

Two Meath women are among a group of seven deaf swimmers who will cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais in July to raise funds for the Irish Deaf Women’s Group (IDWG). Lisa Finn-Carroll, originally from Dublin, has been living in Beaufort Place, Navan, for the past 11 years and has already been training…

Genealogy Roadshow with ISL: http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10252473/ Celebrity Master Chef with ISL: http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10250343/ Dirty Old Town with ISL: http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10252468/

Deaf performer Caroline Parker signs to popular songs in her one-woman show A diva singing in a funeral parlour: now there’s an arresting subject for a play. Signs of a Diva, a one-woman show by Caroline Parker, will be touring various venues around the country later this month. What makes it even more intriguing is…

A research project entitled ‘Exploring the Experiences of Deaf Victims in the Spaces and Processes of the Irish Criminal Justice System’ is being carried out by Gill Harold at UCC. Funded by an Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, the two-year research project began in October 2013 and is being conducted at the Centre for Criminal…

Irish Deaf.com is now a publisher of Children’s Irish Sign Language merchandise, which were previously published by Simply Signing who have ceased their business. Their items will continue to be available through our online shop at shop.irishdeaf.com. We cater for the education sector as well as the retail trade. Please contact us for more details.

This book tells the story of the drama and loss caused by a fire at the School for Deaf Children in Strabane in 1856. It is a story that has had to be told to ensure that six innocent deaf children who died so tragically in the fire are never forgotten. It will be of…

Ahead of the 2015 competition, the ICSD has released information about the World Deaf Basketball Championships, for athletes interested in entering. For more info, or for documents outlining: The hotel; the flight schedule; and an information booklet about the competition itself, see: www.deafsportsireland.com