These Walls Can Talk – ISL Version

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/

The Sound Barrier

Filmed over nine months, The Sound Barrier follows a number of people who have made the decision to receive a cochlear implant and captures their individual remarkable journeys from silence to sound. The ability to hear is something that most people take for granted. While for some deafness is a cherished identity, for others it’s…

Mother selling home to fund son’s operation after HSE pulls funding

A young mother, who travelled to Italy for pioneering surgery on her deaf son’s hearing, said she will have to sell her house after the HSE pulled the plug on funding for the operation. Read the story at: www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/mother-selling-home-to-fund-sons-operation-after-hse-pulls-funding-340899.html