Communities minister Gordon Lyons hails “landmark achievement for the deaf community” as the Sign Language Act (Northern Ireland) 2026 comes into force.
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Stormont Sign Language Bill becomes law in 'landmark' for deaf community
Stormont’s Sign Language Bill has been hailed as a “landmark achievement” as it completed its passage into law.
Two deaf students in Ireland are campaigning to have Irish Sign Language (ISL) made a Leaving Cert subject. Shane Hamilton, 17, and Ellie Woods, 18, are both Leaving Certificate students at the Holy ...
The Northern Ireland Assembly has unanimously passed its first Sign Language Bill, granting official recognition to both British Sign Language (BSL) and Irish Sign Language (ISL). The legislation ...
A Sinn Féin councilor in Northern Ireland has described the removal of an Irish-language sign from a predominately unionist town in Derry as a hate crime. Mid Ulster District Council installed a ...
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