Children have no sign language interpreters six months after they were promised 

Children have no sign language interpreters six months after they were promised 

Parents are angry that their children have returned to school for another term without the essential support of an Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreter.

Profoundly deaf children have yet to be allocated sign language interpreters in school, six months after the positions were first promised.

Parents have expressed anger that their children have returned to school for another term without the essential support, despite a commitment that new Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreter positions would be created.

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