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AGM Nominations

Hello everyone! Not long now til our XXV Anniversary and our AGM on the 13th November. At this AGM, the board will increase from a committee of 7 to a committee of 8 with an extra board member. This motion was passed at the AGM last year. The following positions are eligable for nomination this [...]

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Important Announcement – IDYA XXV Anniversary

Hello everyone,The Irish Deaf Youth Association will be having their 25 Years Anniversary in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone this November 12th. Tickets cost €55 which must be paid in full by 21st October. Ticket can be paid in installments by placing a non-refundable deposit of €20. **PLEASE NOTE:** This event is not just for 18-35, [...]

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IDYA Needs Your Help!

    The IDYA are taking part in a competition and we need your help for it!   We want you to print out the logo with the name of your county and take a picture of yourself holding the A4 card. An example is below! It can be a picture taken beside a road [...]

IUK DEAF CAMP – DAY 6 (SIGN LANGUAGE VERSION)

IUK DEAF CAMP – DAY 5 (SIGN LANGUAGE VERSION)

IUK DEAF CAMP – DAY 4 (Sign Language Version)

IUK DEAF CAMP 2011 – DAY 6

Hello everybody! What a lovely morning to start the day with! We are staying in Dublin for a  few days! We are going on a trip to Dublin city for the day. We went on the Viking Splash Tour car/boat.   You can check out the Viking’s Tours website for more information. The Viking tour guide [...]

IUK DEAF CAMP 2011 – DAY 5

Our last day in Galway.  We are looking forward to heading back to Dublin for the next few days.  Wet weather again today!  We can’t do anything about the weather! Ah well! We had our breakfast and then a workshop given by Wendy Murray. Wendy is a director of the Irish Deaf Society.  Her hobby [...]

IUK DEAF CAMP 2011 – DAY 4

Everybody woke up at 7.30am on Tuesday morning. The weather seems to have improved. The young participants were called by the leaders to partake in morning exercises before breakfast. The leaders spilt up the group into groups of four.  Young participants against the staff, e.g. Irish Organising Committee, Representatives, etc… Sadly at the end of [...]

IUK Deaf Camp 2011 – Day 3

At day three already! Another morning with wet weather. We had planned to have a morning full of exercise for the Deaf Youth participants. However we decided to use the dining room instead. The IOC moved all the tables to make space. They played games before having breakfast at 8.45am. After breakfast the activities started [...]