An Irish teenager is developing a new teddy bear to help deaf children learn sign language. Katie McCarthy (17) has already been in contact with numerous manufacturing companies in the UK and US about ...

TWO deaf students are campaigning to have Irish Sign Language made a Leaving Certificate examination subject. Shane Hamilton, 17, and Ellie Woods, 18, both Leaving Cert students at the Holy Family ...

Deaf actor Paula Clarke has penned her first play – about Irish deaf pioneer, Francis Maginn. She tells Gail Bell why it was important to bring his story to the wider stage ...

The Hidden Hearing Heroes Awards were presented to nine deaf or hard of hearing individuals who have made a contribution to Irish society, community, or their workplace. Among the nine recipients was ...

My husband Henry and I are delighted to be back in Belfast," Rachel Pollard told the big crowd during the 100th anniversary celebrations in Wilton House. " We live just a few miles outside Dublin in ...

The play begins with deliberate simplicity, assembling its story piece by piece. Romel Belcher, who is deaf, steps forward to introduce Caoimhe Coburn Gray as his onstage interpreter for the hearing ...

The State body overseeing special education for adults and children with disabilities has been ordered to pay €40,000 in compensation to a deaf man for denying him a job interview because he lacked an ...

For John (76) and Agnes Carberry (75), life during The Troubles carried a layer of danger most people never had to consider. As a deaf couple living in Belfast at the height of the violence, they ...

The Deaf President Now protest was a key moment in American civil rights, deaf empowerment and disability advocacy. The student-led action at Gallaudet University, in Washington, DC, in 1988 resulted ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- It takes poise and dedication to earn the title of "Miss Smiling Irish Eyes." Pittsburgh's 50-year tradition continued Friday with the crowning of a girl who truly earned the ...