4.6.09 AIB Street Performance World Championship The Street Performance World Championship is a free family festival which brings the best circus entertainers in the world to Ireland. Sign Language Interpreters will be present on June 20th and 21st 2009. Merrion Square, Dublin. Details on page 43 of the brochure or check out www.spwc.ie.
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28.5.09 Counselling For Deaf Victims Of Child Abuse Counselling Service will provide services for Deaf people who have been abused following on The Ryan Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse published its report last week. These services are free and interpreters will be arranged for any person who wishes to access these services again free. See www.cidp.ie/child_protection.html.
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21.5.09 Breastcheck Screening Women In Tralee BreastCheck advises all women aged between 50 and 64 living in Tralee and surrounding areas to make sure their name is on the BreastCheck register. We can make a call on your behalf to 1800 45 45 55. Alternatively, you can fill in an application form or go online at www.breastcheck.ie.
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21.5.09 Cervical Screening Now Available Nationwide To have a free smear test, please arrange an appointment with a smeartaker (doctor or practice nurse) of your choice who is registered with CervicalCheck. A full list of registered smeartakers can be found under the 'Find a smeartaker' section on the CervicalCheck website www.cervicalcheck.ie. If you need an interpreter, the HSE needs to be contacted in advance for sanctioning for an interpreter.
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14.5.09 DS3 Introduction To University Programme Sponsored Places University of Limerick are offering Deaf/hard of hearing students the chance to attend the Introduction to University Programme. This is a one week summer programme held at the University of Limerick Campus. The programme is designed to allow students experience the academic and social side of college and to help you to make more informed choices about your course and career. Places are very limited; the deadline is this Friday 15th May. To be considered for a place, email clarkeem@tcd.ie and simply state why you would like to attend this programme. For more information see www.ul.ie/~iup/.
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7.5.09 Summerfest - Annual Sports Day Summerfest will be held on the 19th of July in the grounds of St. Joseph's School for Deaf Boys on the Navan Rd, Dublin 7. Admission is free and it will be held from 12noon to late. There will be tug-o-war, children & adult races, bouncy castles, water slides and many more activities. It is advisable for children to bring spare clothes.
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30.4.09 Accreditation For Sign Language Interpreters The closing date for applications for the upcoming Accreditation process for sign language interpreters has been extended to the 8th of May. An application form must be completed and sent to the Chairperson of SLIS along with a copy of your CV and two references (references must not be older than 3years).
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23.4.09 Grants For Leadership Training Deadline for grants for leadership training in Ireland under the Ray Murphy Fund is the 31st July and 30th October. The Ray Murphy grants are for building leadership within the community sector from 2008 - 2017. The Community Foundation of Ireland manages the fund.
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16.4.09 Celebrating Ten Years in Service An article is written in a local paper to celebrate our ten years in service.
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9.4.09 Breast Check & Cervical Cancer Open Meeting As part of our campaign to raise awareness amongst the Deaf Community on cancer- we will team up with the Tralee Women's Resource Centre for an Information session on the 11th of May. It will be held from 11.30 to 1pm in the Rathonane Community Centre.
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2.4.09 Hands On Review Meeting This year, RTÉ is not automatically renewing the contract for Hands On. RTÉ need to review the situation before they make a decision. Hands On are hopeful that it will carry on as normal but there is a certain risk attached to it. As a result they need the support of all the presenters and the audience! If you have a few seconds, do the Hands On survey: www.surveymonkey.com
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26.3.09 Kerry Deaf Resource Centre Street Collections Next will be in Listowel on Saturday, 18 April 2009. All the money collected will be used to provide services to Deaf and hard of hearing people in Kerry.
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19.3.09 Audilogical Reveiew Over 1,200 children and adults in Cork and Kerry will be recalled for hearing tests after faults were discovered in the work of an audiologist. The HSE has written to audiology outpatients in Cork, Tralee and Limerick, inviting them for a re-test as a precautionary measure. An information line has been set up on 1850 24 1850 (8am to 8pm, Monday to Saturday).
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12.3.09 ISL Recognition Campaign As part of this campaign, you can go to our website www.kerrydeaf.com and click on the red button "ISL Letter Download". You can highlight the text and copy to your own letter and send to your Government representatives or to the Taoiseach.
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5.3.09 Parachute Jump For
IDYA The Irish Deaf Youth Association is looking
for people to participate in a parachute jump. Participants
will do a tandem jump and will be attached to an experienced
professional. Training will be provided.
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26.2.09 Radio Interview On
Emergency Services Joe Duffy, the well-known RTÉ
Radio 1 presenter covered the lack of access to Emergency
Services for Deaf and hard of hearing on his popular show
The first item was so well received on Tuesday the 17th of
February, that they gave more radio air-time to the issue
the following day. There were a number of Deaf people who
called into the show via sign language interpreters. Read
our To see the transcript for 17th and 18th of February.
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19.2.09 Tutor Training With
Signature There will be a number of workshops coming
up for new and existing Sign Language Tutors and Assessors.
The training will be based in Cork and will be provided by
Signature (formerly known as CACDP).
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12.2.09 KDRC E-Mail Spam
Our e-mail address has been temporarily blocked for a few
days. Our Internet provider has taken this step to prevent
e-mail spammers from using our main e-mail address. We are
in the process of configuring a new e-mail account. If you
have sent any e-mail to us in the past week, we would ask
you to re-send them again. Our apologies for any inconvenience
caused. More »
5.2.09 Centre For Deaf Studies
- Bristol 'Sign Language Learning and Teaching' will
be held on the 26th of September 2009. The aim of the symposium
is to tackle these issues and generate, for the first time,
academic discussion over the emerging field of Applied Sign
Linguistics. More
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29.1.09 Campaign Co-ordinator
Vacancy Deadline for Applications: Friday 6th February.
Please download 'ERA Campaign Coordinator Job Description'
in Word doc Download
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22.1.09 Revenue Information
In Irish Sign Language We have been informed that
the Revenue Commissioners have a person who can provide revenue
information in ISL in Cork and Kerry. It might be worthwhile
to enquire as to the person's proficiency / qualifications
in sign language before booking the service. This service
must be booked two weeks in advance. If you want to contact
Revenue to book this service please let us know or you can
fax 066 7121372. More
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15.1.09 J-Fest Adventure Week
St. Joseph's School for Deaf Boys is holding J-Fest, an adventure
week during the mid-term break February 18-21 2009, for deaf
boys aged 10-15 years old. Places are limited, with a maximum
number of 15. To find
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8.1.09 We would like to inform our
members and those intending to travel to the USA for the 2009
KODA conference that the conference will be held instead in
2010. This organising committee made their decision in response
to community concerns about the current economic downturn
and conflicting schedules with other national and international
events. More »
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