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Thanks to Mark McCaffery and Tracey Treanor for their piece about the motion at Seanad Eireann in the Northern Standard paper. Source: Irish Sign Language Recognition Campaign – IDS

RTE have announced plans to have a number of programmes broadcast with Irish Sign Language (ISL) presentation. It is expected that the first programmes will be broadcast early in the morning on Wednesday October 16th 2013. Source: https://www.deafhear.ie/DeafHear/newsFeature.html?who=630

Maggie Owens is one of those teachers fizzing with ideas, the kind that carries everyone else along with her enthusiasm, the type who shakes things up. Wearing a bright purple dress and leopard-print heels, she is organising students at St Mary’s School for Deaf Girls in Dublin into different groups for their first No Pens…

Check this video clip about Deaf Village which was on television http://www.rte.ie/player/show/10206751

The Irish Deaf Society is DELIGHTED to announce that the Seanad passed a motion this evening (Wed 9th October) unanimously calling on the government to recognise Irish Sign Language. Members of the Irish Deaf Society and Irish Sign Language Recognition Group attended the hearing. This is another step on the ladder towards ISL recognition –…

TV3 movie clip about the NEW subtitles on TV3 – Thumbs up TV3

Peter Regan, Interim CEO of IDS explains about today’s ISL protest. Senator Martin Conway will put a motion to recognise Irish Sign Language (ISL) on the Irish Constitution to the House of Seanad today at 5pm.

Press Release, Tuesday 8th October 2013 Senator Martin Conway tables a motion calling on the Government to recognise Irish Sign Language The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is putting pressure on the Government in the continuing pursuit of the legal recognition of Irish Sign Language (ISL). It comes a fortnight after a highly public protest over…

Press Release, Monday 23rd September 2013 16 Local Authorities pass motions for ISL recognition during 2012/13 The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is calling on the Government for the legal recognition of Irish Sign Language (ISL). The appeal comes during International Week of the Deaf (23rd – 30th September), an annual event that celebrates Deaf people…