Although about 18,000 people in Northern Ireland are believed to use either British or Irish sign language, it is not recognised as an official language. Northern Ireland will soon be the only place ...

Co Down’s Peter Gault was 17 when he first saw someone use sign language. It happened when he turned up for the first day of a summer tennis coaching job only to discover that the school was aimed at ...

Sarah-Jade Walker was running a British Sign Language (BSL) "bootcamp" in North Yorkshire which driving instructor Adele ...

A new MA Interpreting course at Queen's University is preparing students for the increasing demand for interpreters.

Looking out at thousands of people, I took a deep breath. I was centre-stage at Ronan Keating’s 1999 Wembley concert at the age of 16, and so vulnerable. Even though the bright spotlight was on me, I ...