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DEAF people in Cork have raised concerns about the possible closure of the Irish Deaf Society.

The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is facing closure by the end of March if core funding is not secured.

A year on since the passing of the Irish Sign Language Act, the organisation that led the campaign for ISL recognition for more than 30 years has enough finances to last just the next two months.

Further read at: www.echolive.ie/corknews/Irish-Deaf-Society-has-only-enough-funds-to-stay-open-for-two-months-4e94dc1d-0aa3-442e-a64b-cdbde0e02166-ds

Hello, colleagues of Irish deaf,

I’m Álvaro De Ramón Murillo, from the accessible tourism NGO Native. We have been one of the 6 projects promoted by the United Nations (UN) and its One Planet Sustainable Tourism Program. We are conducting our search for information on how people with minor hearing loss, severe hearing loss or total hearing loss would like to travel.

That is why we ask you to disseminate to your members this brief survey we have done to help improve the response and solutions for a more adequate stay for the elderly or with some type of limitation when traveling around the world.

I leave the link to the annual magazine of the World Tourism Organization (United Nations) that dedicates the photo of the cover and page 38.
http://cf.cdn.unwto.org/sites/all/files/docpdf/20172018amagfinalwithcopyright.pdf

The link to the survey is the following: https://goo.gl/forms/NkN1kZFDArD1oMpg1

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RTÉ has agreed to broadcast in the full the signed version of the National Anthem before Sunday’s All-Ireland senior football final.

The on-pitch performance will be simulcast on RTÉ News Now and will also be reflected in RTÉ’s live pre-match coverage on RTÉ2, the state broadcaster said.

Further read at: www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/rte-to-broadcast-signed-anthem-in-full-865745.html

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Every morning, County Antrim woman Wendy Newbronner’s first task is waking up her three children.

Unlike most parents though, she cannot shout into their rooms and tell them to get up. All her sons are deaf.

Mrs Newbronner had to pay to learn sign language after her first child was born, and now supports calls for a sign language act in Northern Ireland.

Scotland is the only part of the UK with an act, but legislation was passed in the Republic of Ireland last year.

The problem is, without a functioning Stormont assembly, legislation for sign language in Northern Ireland cannot be introduced.

Further read at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43814029

“All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small…”

The classic hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander has endured the test of time, 200 years after her birth.

But few know of the part both great and small that the hymn played in transforming the education of deaf children in 19th century northern Ireland.

And fewer still know the tragedy that befell its writer’s dream.

Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander and her sister Anne were very involved in local church activities in Strabane, including visits to local families.

It was on one of these visits they encountered a small deaf boy from a poor home.

“They were concerned about the barrenness of his existence and the blank future he faced and also the fact he was cut off from knowledge of the love of God and the Christian way of life,” said Brian Symington.

Further read at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44018269

A film starring a six-year-old deaf British girl and made by two former Hollyoaks stars has won an Oscar.

The Silent Child, which tells the story of a girl who struggles to communicate, was named best live action short film.

It stars Maisie Sly, aged six, from Swindon, and Rachel Shenton, who played Mitzeee Minniver in the Channel 4 soap.

Shenton also wrote it and used sign language in her acceptance speech. It was directed by Chris Overton – AKA Hollyoaks cage fighter Liam McAllister.

Further read at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43282172

Two neighbouring Limerick schools yesterday joined forces to create a magical production combining sound and silence for a Christmas show.

Fifth-class students from Our Lady Queen of Peace and primary pupils at the nearby Mid-West School for the Deaf commenced working together on a December holiday performance with the mainstream school’s boys and girls learning sign language.

The schools have formed a friendship that is advancing education in a way not provided for in the curriculum.

Further read at: www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/limerick-schools-find-a-common-language-of-sound-and-silence-for-christmas-show-461640.html