If you’re a deaf or hard of hearing person, an Irish Sign Language (ISL) user and a regular user of the train service, it can often be a struggle to keep yourself within the information loop if there ...

Christmas Eve 2017 was very special. That was the day when President Michael D Higgins signed the Irish Sign Language Act, recognising Irish Sign Language as the third language of Ireland. The act was ...

On the rare occasions I witness people speaking to each other in sign language, I have to admire. The speed of the hands partnered with the expressive facial movements suggests a riveting conversation ...

More than 70 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people globally use sign language, but there's an acute shortage of interpreters. Silence Speaks is a British startup that wants to bridge that gap with an ...

AS WITH spoken languages, there is no “universal” sign language. Different countries have their own versions, which are related to local cultural and religious backgrounds. For example, American Sign ...