Category: News & Events

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 that Parker was born deaf.

Source: www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/a-deaf-defying-performance-i-sing-with-my-hands-1.1683815

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 Justice and Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at UCC.

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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 interest to the local community and also to the members of the Deaf Community.

The book will be launched in Belfast and Dublin on dates to be arranged in February.

Launch dates to be posted on this website later.

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

Squash Team Seek Players For World Deaf Squash Competition in the Netherlands from the 6th – 14th Oct, 2014.

Deaf Sports Ireland have been approached by Deaf squash players who plan to enter the World Deaf Squash Tournament.

The players are seeking more people who wish to compete alongside them as team mates in this tournament.

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An ISL translation of Panti’s Noble Call at the Abbey Theatre.

This video has gone viral (where lots of people are talking about it) and it’s great to see translated into ISL – thanks to Interpreter Darren Byrne

Wednesdays evening (times vary) RTE are showing 3 hours of subtitled programmes.

If you miss them, you can watch them online – ‘search’ Irish Sign Language for the most recent episodes

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/search/?q=irish+sign+language

From Irish Sign Language Recognition Campaign – IDS:

Senator Mark Daly’s ISL Bill is rejected by the government by three votes (24-20). The minister insists that the bill was prematurely introduced because services demanded by the Deaf community are not in place.

Source: www.facebook.com/IrishSignLanguageRecognitionCampaign