What a show! The 2023 Late Late Toy Show was a classic. You'd never guess it was Patrick's first go!!!
The Deaf community in Ireland and around the world got to enjoy it all, thanks to the work of the Irish Sign Language (ISL) team.
You can stream the full ISL Toy Show now on RTÉ Player here!
For the first time this year, we had two Deaf presenters - Sarah-Jane O'Regan and Jason Maguire. They worked with hearing interpreters, Amanda Coogan and Ciara Grant. The Toy Show ISL was a real celebration of Irish Sign Language, Ireland's third official language!
Check out the top moments with ISL on RTÉ Player!
And there is a great ISL YouTube Playlist here too!!
Audio Description (AD) will be available for the repeat on Sunday at 3.15pm and afterwards on RTÉ Player. This year's Toy Show will be Audio Described by Clara Murray, Kevin Sherwin and Berni Stack.
Let's find out more about the gang here...
Sarah-Jane O'Regan works on RTÉ's ISL News & Weather team. Sarah-Jane is a qualified Deaf Interpreter (DI) and has also provided ISL for musical events, including recent concerts by S-Club 7 and Melanie Martinez at 3Arena! Sarah-Jane is a teacher in the Holy Family School for the Deaf and ambassador for The Very Pink Run.
Jason Maguire is a Deaf, native ISL signer and comes from a Deaf family. He is a qualified Deaf Interpreter (DI) and is now working as an SNA at Holy Family School for the Deaf. When Jason is not busy… Jason likes to do some training for the Triathlon which consists of swimming, cycling and running altogether! Jason is very excited to work on The Late Late Toy Show for the second year this year!
Amanda Coogan has worked on all Irish sign Language Toy Shows, and has trended several times for her signing. Amanda is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), a qualified ISL and British Sign Language Interpreter, a renowned performance artist and a member of Aosdána.
Ciara Grant is an experienced ISL interpreter, comfortable and well-experienced in a studio environment. Ciara is one of the ISL interpreters working in the Broadcasting Unit of the Houses of the Oireachtas. This will be Ciara's second year to work on Toy Show ISL!
Audio Description
Audio Description (AD) will also be available for the repeat on Sunday at 3.15pm and on Monday night at 12.40, and afterwards on RTÉ Player. A fully accessible version (with subtitles, ISL and AD) will be broadcast on Wednesday, 29 November, which will also be available to stream on the Player.
Here is all you need to know about the Late Late Toy Show!
