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 the issue outside the Dáil that marked International Week of the Deaf.
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 and signed languages throughout the world.
TOMORROW MARKS THE beginning of the International Week of the Deaf with ‘Equality for Deaf People’ as the theme this year. The Irish Deaf Society is calling for recognition of Irish Sign Language (ISL) in Ireland.
Source: http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-sign-language-1089166-Sep2013/
The Irish Deaf Golf Union have much reason to celebrate following an impressive victory at the 2013 Four Nations Tournament for Deaf Golfers in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The Irish team won the triple crown – beating Scotland on the first day by 3.5-0.5, England on the second day by 3-1, and clinching the title with a 4-0 win over Wales.
The achievement will ensure that the Irish Deaf Golf Union will have high expectations when they send a team to the World Deaf Golf Championship in Michigan next July.
This was the second running of the Four Nations Tournament for Deaf Golfers, the inaugural event being held in Castleknock Golf Club in 2011.
Source: http://www.gui.ie/home/news/irish-deaf-golf-union-success-in-wales
DSI have produced a special edition of the organisation’s newsletter, specifically about the 22nd Deaflympics in Bulgaria and Team Ireland.
The 22nd Deaflympic Summer Games were held this July and August in the Bulgarian cities of Sofia and Pravets.
Ireland was represented in Men’s Football and Badminton.
To read the newsletter, follow the link below:
http://issuu.com/deafsportsireland/docs/dsi_newsletter_special_issue_deafly
Masking tape, a pen and 15 minutes could help boost literacy and language in the home! I came across this lovely, simple idea in Stewart and Clarke’s book on Literacy and Your Deaf Child (it’s in the background in the picture below).
They talk about a Mum who armed herself with a roll of masking tape and a pen and labelled as many things as she could around the home (sink, spatula, can opener, couch, etc) to help familiarise her 7-year old deaf daughter with the terms for these household items and their spellings.
She used to give her daughter fun, pop quizzes on different items throughout the day, asking her the sign, spoken word and spelling of each item – boosting language and literacy through this simple activity.
Read more »St Vincent’s Deaf Ladies Basketball Team are back!!
Good news for you all! We will have 3 FREE open training sessions! This means anybody can try it out and see if you want to join our lovely club!
To find out how they got on, go to https://www.deafhear.ie/DeafHear/newsFeature.html?who=604®ionId=8
A big THANK YOU to Aaron, Dave and Marian!
Badminton for Deaf and Hard of Hearing is starting up again tonight (Monday) in Deaf Village Ireland.
It will run from 8pm until 10pm and all are welcome.
The price for tonight is: €3 for Deaf Sports Ireland members and €5 for non-members.
For more information, email: [email protected]
Hope to see you there!
You can support the development of the Deaf Hearitage Centre by voting for the project under the Arthur Guinness Projects scheme: https://www.arthurguinnessprojects.com/arts/illustrating-deaf-history