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Deaf Access: IT’S NOT OVER YET!

A great speech that must be shared by Professor John Bosco Conama Trinity College Dublin from the Irish Deaf Society. On the occasion of the Recognition of Irish Sign Language Community Bill 2017 completing half it’s journey.

The ISL Bill has passed all stages in the Seanad and is now moved to the Dail. Hopefully it will be signed into law before end of year! That’s half a job done and half to go!

It’s not a perfect bill but it is advanced that far and you know, as a private member bill like this rarely goes beyond the Seanad!

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She has been a familiar face on BBC Northern Ireland News screens for 21 years, but Mary Kyle has managed to keep under the publicity radar throughout her career.

Indeed, the majority of viewers would be hard-pressed to name her. Yet, the Omagh-born presenter provides an invaluable service to the 3,500 sign language users who tune in for the daytime news at 1.40pm, a popular slot before Doctors.

Further read at: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/shes-a-familiar-face-from-bbc-ni-where-she-signs-the-news-for-deaf-people-but-few-know-her-own-inspiring-story-36198015.html

Caroline Worthington and her husband Jamie are both deaf so they couldn’t follow instructions on the phone.

Many children let down by system with patchy support and lack of specialised teachers

When Genevieve was diagnosed profoundly deaf at the age of two, her mother was consumed with worry.

“This was a new experience for me,” she says. “ I hadn’t had an experience with a deaf person in my life before. So I believed everything that they [the professionals] told me.”

It was the 1990s and she was told that sending her child to her local primary school in Donegal was the best option.

Further read at: www.irishtimes.com/news/education/deaf-children-and-their-families-fight-to-be-heard-1.3199975

Once regarded as the playwright who would succeed Sean O’Casey as the next shining light of the Abbey Theatre, Teresa Deevy emerged with gusto in the early 1930s, but just over a decade later had fallen into obscurity.

With an extraordinary body of over 25 plays, it is timely that the Abbey is currently reviving Deevy’s best-known work, Katie Roche.

Deevy made her playwriting debut at the National Theatre in 1930 with her successful play The Reapers and then began a period of remarkable productivity with an average of one new play per year until Katie Roche in 1936. A place in the repertoire seemed certain when Katie Roche toured the US in 1938, along with plays by Synge and O’Casey.

Further read at: amp.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/power-of-silence-teresa-deevy-returns-to-abbey-36067284.html

People pretending to be members of the The Irish Deaf Society are now travelling around Co Kildare.

It is understood that reports of ‘ fraudulent fundraisers’ in Straffan are being reported to The Irish Deaf Society.

Speaking to KildareNow, Fundraising Manager, Jeanette Byrne, is advising people that the Irish Deaf Society never fundraises door to door.

Ms Byrne said: “People are feeling very intimidated, we never do collections door to door.”

Further read at: www.kildarenow.com/news/north-kildare-fraudulent-fundraisers-pretending-deaf-get-money/181263

A profoundly deaf Irishman has swam the English Channel in a 16½ hour marathon which began in the early on Monday morning.

Wesley Nolan (39), originally from Santry in Dublin, left Dover at 2.45am on Monday morning and arrived at Cap Blanc Nez south of Calais at 7.21pm.

The distance between Dover and Calais is 34km in a straight line, but the current took him in an S shape across the channel so by the end he had swam 61km.

Further read at: www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/profoundly-deaf-irishman-swims-english-channel-1.3186785

Lámh: We are currently advertising for a PROJECT LEADER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTS FOR ADULTS WHO USE LÁMH.

This is a 3-Year Contract Post, Part-time (17.5 hours per week).

Lámh are seeking a Project Leader to work with adults who use Lámh and their peers and communication partners, to identify and develop supports and resources that will enhance communication and community interaction. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, experienced person who will have the opportunity to initiate significant change for and with adults who use Lámh. The focus will be on consultation and development, building on local supports and creating models and resources that are self-sustaining.

All details are at www.lamh.org/signing/job-opportunity-project-leader-development-supports-adults-who-use-l%C3%A1mh

We have enjoyed meeting all the lovely staff from Deaf Enterprises.

Thank you Deaf Enterprises for making us feel welcome and being friendly.

For more information about what the Deaf Enterprises is, please have a look at their website: deafenterprises.ie

We gave a presentation about who is IrishDeaf.com and what is IrishDeaf.com.

We are very pleased to say that it was successful. A huge thank you to Cork Deaf Association for the great partnership with us such as providing the room and lending us your equipment.

We hope that our partnership will grow bigger in the future.

For more information about Cork Deaf Association, please have a look at their website: www.corkdeaf.ie