A new community facility that provides equal access for deaf and hearing communities has officially opened in Dublin.

Deaf Village Ireland incorporates sports, social, religious, heritage, educational, community and cultural services - to name but a few.

The facility on the Ratoath Road in Cabra now employs 70 people with the new services seeing the creation of 28 new jobs.

The facility was opened today by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar.

He even learned some sign language for the event.