The bill will put a duty on Stormont to provide free classes for deaf people under-25 and their close families, guardians, ...

Editor's Note: Irish Sign Language Day is observed on December 14, the day that Dáil Éireann approved the Irish Sign Language Act of 2017. The Irish Sign Language Act, in short, provides for the ...

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed the region’s long-awaited Sign Language Bill. Scores of people from the deaf community travelled to Parliament Buildings in Belfast to witness the historic ...

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 ...

The Northern Ireland Assembly has unanimously passed a landmark Bill recognising and promoting both British and Irish Sign Language, marking a major cultural and accessibility milestone. The ...

Northern Ireland will become the first part of the UK to provide free sign language classes to all deaf children and their families, through a new sign language law that was passed on Tuesday. The ...

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