New sign language laws in Northern Ireland will have a "huge impact", a deaf teenager has said. Ellie-May, 14, gave evidence at Stormont to assembly members on the Communities Committee as they ...

New sign language laws in Northern Ireland will "truly change lives", according to a report. Assembly members on the communities committee were commenting on proposed new sign language laws. Under the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Analysis: The treatment of sign language interpretation as a luxury service is an anomaly within the EU's VAT system, one that runs counter to its intention Value Added Tax (VAT) is an 'EU-level tax'.