Deaf community to protest RTÉ coverage of Pope's visit and All-Ireland final

Yesterday, deaf community representatives accused RTÉ of excluding deaf viewers by not focusing the station's television cameras on ISL interpreters during the much-anticipated event.

By David Raleigh

Protests by members of the deaf community are due to go ahead outside RTÉ studios in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Waterford this Thursday over the public service broadcaster’s alleged failure to adequately include ISL (Irish Sign Language) interpreters in its televised coverage of the Pope’s two-day visit last weekend.