Dr John Bosco Conama the first deaf Seanad nomination in State's history

Dr Conama, an Assistant Professor and Director of the Centre for Deaf Studies, has been a member of the Irish Deaf Society (IDS) since 1986.

History has been made today after a deaf person was nominated to the Seanad for the first time.

Dr John Bosco Conama, an academic and deaf rights activist was nominated to the Seanad by both the Irish Deaf Society (the National Association of the Deaf) and Chime (the National Charity for Deafness and Hearing Loss).