Sign Language

Communities minister Gordon Lyons hails “landmark achievement for the deaf community” as the Sign Language Act (Northern Ireland) 2026 comes into force.

Landmark legislation giving official recognition to both Irish Sign Language (ISL) and British Sign Language (BSL) has cleared second stage in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Judicial review proceedings have been brought against the UK government for failing to have a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter on stage at its daily coronavirus briefings. Sheffield lawyer Chris Fry sent a pre-action protocol letter to the government at the end of March on behalf of an 85-yea