Every year Christmas really does come early with the Late Late Toy Show. It's the gift from RTÉ to everyone in Ireland and around the world. Here, we want to tell our ISL, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind and Vision Impaired communities how they can enjoy the biggest show of the year!
For the second year, our ISL coverage featured Deaf presenters, Sarah-Jane O'Regan and Jason Maguire - working with hearing interpreters, Ciara Grant and Lisa Harvey-Coleman.
The Toy Show with Audio Description is treaming now on RTÉ Player too. Your Audio Describers this year were Clara Murray and Berni Stack.
The Late Late Toy Show ISL is a real celebration of Irish Sign Language, Ireland's third official language! You can stream the show now on RTÉ Player here and we've clipped out some of the top moments here.
And, there's a great YouTube Playlist too! You can see Jason up top and Sarah-Jane in action below.
Meet the ISL Team
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 several arena concerts, including P!nk, Taylor Swift and Coldplay! She's also signed at Electric Picnic! Sarah-Jane is a teacher at the Holy Family School for the Deaf.
Jason Maguire, a seasoned Deaf Interpreter with years of experience in TV settings, works as a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) at Holy Family For The Deaf. Jason's expertise in Deaf culture and language, combined with his passion for supporting students, has made him a key member of the team. 2024 will be Jason's 3rd year working with Toy Show ISL!
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. She is currently undertaking postgraduate studies in Multilingual Sign Language Translation and Interpreting. This will be Ciara's 3rd year to work on Toy Show ISL!
Lisa Harvey-Coleman is an experienced ISL interpreter. She has provided interpretation for many different events, including high profile and performance interpreting. Lisa has recently been part of a team of interpreters bringing access to concerts and festivals such as Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Electric Picnic.
Audio Description
Berni Stack joined RTÉ's audio description team 3 years ago and is delighted to be involved in this year's Toy Show! She has worked across all genres from documentary to feature film and loves describing for younger audiences. Her most recent project for RTE Jr was the animated series Doodle Girl.
You will know Clara Murray from Bright Sparks on RTÉjr! Clara was RTÉ's first Audio Describer and has AD'd lots of your favourite shows from RTÉjr, in addition to movies and drama series. Clara also works on RTÉjr Radio! She can’t wait to be part of the Toy Show AD team again this year.
