🌍 On #IDSL2024, EUD celebrates the power of sign languages across Europe! We’re proud to share our new position paper: National Sign Languages as EU Official Languages. 🔗 eud.eu/the-publicatio… #SignLanguageRights #LinguisticEquality #DeafCommunity #DeafInclusion

Thank you to Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Daithí Geoghegan for joining the #GlobalLeadersChallenge and supporting #IWDP24! Raising awareness of Irish Sign Language is crucial for equality and inclusion in Dublin and beyond. #ISLAwareness #InternationalDayofSignLanguages World Federation of the Deaf

A big well done to Reach Deaf Services on the launch of their ISL Strategy launched today! The lovely Vanessa O 'Connell 🏳️‍🌈She/Her was there to represent CISLI #islawarenessweek

Two deaf school students have appealed to the Department of Education to make Irish Sign Language available as a Leaving Certificate exam subject rte.ie/news/education…

It is Day 3 of the International Week of Deaf People🧏. Today's theme is Sign Language Advocacy. We encourage EVERYONE to actively advocate for the rights of deaf individuals and the official recognition of national sign languages.🫂🌎. World Federation of the Deaf TB

This is #advocacy in action. We really want to see #IrishSignLanguage included as a #LeavingCert option, helping ensure ISL can be studied across all levels of the National Framework of Qualifications. Norma Foley T.D NCSE Department of Education and Youth Post-Primary Languages Ireland (PPLI) Léargas

Tonight on #RTEArena, watch Séan Rocks with ISL on the #RTÉNewsChannel from 7:02pm #ISLAwarenessWeek RTÉ News Culture on RTÉ RTÉ Radio 1 Irish Deaf Society

New blog post following the efsli 2024 conference: strategicinterpreting.blog/2024/09/26/efs…

Happy #EuropeanDayOfLanguages! We continue our fight for the recognition of National Sign Languages as EU official languages. 👐🇪🇺 Read our latest position paper here: eud.eu/the-publicatio… @HelenaDalli Mariya Gabriel EU Council #SignLanguages

We caught up with Javier Stanziola, Acting Director of Strategic Development & Partnerships at the Arts Council, to hear his top picks for the 62nd Belfast International Arts Festival. ✨Space Exploration, a workshop for Playwrights by Tinderbox Theatre Company ✨Talking About Yerma with Children’s Writing

Dr Erin Moriarty Harrelson Joins IDR2024 Panel on Sign Language In Academia islresearchforum.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/dr-… @ErinMoriartyH Irish Deaf Society Centre for Deaf Studies TU Dublin / OT Baile Átha Cliath

The IDR2024 programme committee are delighted to announce that Artist, Deaf community advocate, and Irish Deaf Society staff member Alvean Jones will be our 3rd panellist for the IDR2024 panel discussion. islresearchforum.wordpress.com/2024/10/24/the… @mysticvean.bsky.social Irish Deaf Society

A 39-year-old Offaly man has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years for coercively controlling, raping, assaulting and falsely imprisoning his former partner. Outside court, Lisa O’Meara urged other women in abusive relationships to “just leave” as “it doesn’t get better”.

1 in 4 women in Ireland is subjected to abuse by their partners. Women's Aid is here, 24 hours a day, seven days a week to support anyone who needs help. Please call 1800341900 to start the journey to freedom and safety. womensaid.ie

The Deaf At Work survey will be closing this week, on Friday 20 December. Make sure you respond before then and share with your networks! The more responses we get, the more evidence we have on what needs to change. deaftogether.org.uk/take-our-deaf-… #DeafAtWork #deaftogether

The WFD #SignLanguage and #DeafStudies Expert Group brings together specialists dedicated to advancing research, policy, and advocacy on sign languages and deaf culture. Their work will help strengthen linguistic rights, education, and identity for deaf communities worldwide.

Watch the Chair’s recap with BSL signing

You can keep up to date all the Sign Language Bill coverage at niassembly.tv/sign-language-…

More than a language: culture, community and belonging. Sign Language Week is a flagship awareness week for BSL/ISL, celebrated every year in March to commemorate the first time BSL was acknowledged as a language in its own right by the UK Government on 18 March 2003.

Happy 20th Anniversary to Zebra Access CIO! 👋👋 Founded by Nikki Stratton and Marilyn Willrich - also Co-Directors of #ZebraUno Ltd - Zebra Access is a Deaf-led charity smashing communication barriers to make inclusion the norm for D/deaf communities.