Hands On Series 16 Programme 9

 (with subtitles/without audio for copyright reasons) This week on Hands On we bid a fond farewell to the 150 year old St Joseph's School for Deaf Boys in Cabra, it was party demolished last Summer to make way for an exciting new development for the Deaf community - Deaf Village Ireland. Elaine explains everything you need to know about Saorview and the Digital Switchover and Sarah Jane meets the first Deaf man elected to the European Parliament, Dr Adam Kosa. Hands On is produced by Mind The Gap Films and broadcast on RTÉ 1. © Hands On 2012

Hands On Series 16 Programme 8

(with subtitles/without audio for copyright reasons) Through remarkable archive footage, photographs and personal accounts of past pupils and teachers, presenter Seán Herlihy explores St Mary's School for Deaf Girls unlikely establishment during the Famine of the 1840s, how the "Cabra Method" of educating Deaf children spread all over the world, and how the controversial decision to ban sign language in 1950 in favour of an "oral education" impacted the students at the time. St Mary's is one of the oldest Deaf schools in the world and continues to teach Deaf children to the present day. It has been one of the most significant contributors to the education of Deaf children around the world. Hands On is produced by Mind the Gap Films for RTÉ One. © Hands on 2012

Subtitled Cinema - 26th of January 2012

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Southern & Northern Ireland

Most cinemas - including all 3D and digital-equipped cinemas - can screen the films below with subtitles. Please ask cinemas to screen them!

War Horse subtitled (12a) 2 hours 26 mins

From director Steven Spielberg comes an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set during the First World War, the film follows the extraordinary journey of a horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets. An odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure, War Horse is one of the great stories of friendship and war - an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history. Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis. **** Four stars! Empire

Belfast Odeon, Victoria Square BT1 4QG
Sun 29th Jan 1:15, Tues 31st Jan 4:30

Dublin UCI Blanchardstown
Mon 30th Jan 5.20

Hands On Series 16 Programme 7

(with subtitles/without audio for copyright reasons) This week on Hands On, Ciarán Moloney explores the reasons behind the shocking cancellation of the 2011 Winter Deaflympics due to be held in Slovakia. Sarah Jane meets Deaf journalist Cathy Heffernan in Take 5 and there's a new service allowing Deaf people to contact the emergency services via SMS. Hands On is produced by Mind The Gap Films for RTÉ. © Copyright Hands On 2012

Hands On Series 16 Programme 6

(with subtitles, without audio for copyright reasons) This week on Hands On Eddie Redmond meets award winning Deaf director Ramon Woolfe in Take 5!, two Hands On viewers are set some farmyard challenges and Caroline explains how to make a complaint using the Equality Acts. Presented in Irish Sign Language. Hands On is produced by Mind The Gap Films and broadcast on RTÉ 1.

© Copyright Hands On 2012