Interesource Group

We’re 20 years in business today!

Today, Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited celebrates 20 years in business. Our small company – with a few directors and many consultants and partners, set out to make a difference for our clients and customers. On 28th June 1996 the company was registered and  started an international recruitment service provider for JI students travelling to the USA.

Twenty years later, we remain a debt-free, small Irish business which has survived a turbulent economic period and we now specialise in 4 key areas: HR and Business Consulting; Publishing; Creative Media and Design, and Education and Training. (IGI Consulting, IGI Publishing, IGI Media, IGI Education).

We never set out to make millions. We set out to make a difference. We have had the privilege of working with global field experts from 22 countries and we have learned so much. We have had the pleasure of sponsoring and supporting great causes from disability charities, social clubs, local organisations and international projects that support education of disadvantaged societies.

As we enter our 21st year in business, we will harness the experiences we have gained, coupled with the trust we have earned from our very loyal clients, colleagues and friends, and we commit to growing our business so that we can continue to innovate, meet newer challenges and make greater differences for the societies that we live and work in.

I would like to thank every person, organisation and partner that has worked with us since we started. I hope we have always met your expectation and I look forward to building on the wonderful relationships and friendships for the next 20 years.

Haaris Sheikh, Chief Executive

Community Interpreting: JUSTISIGNS Team with DCU and the Graduate Entry Medical School (UL)

Attending the 5th Community Interpreting Conference are:(Left-Right) Mr.Haaris Sheikh (Justisigns Project Chair/CEO Interesource Group), Ms.Lucia Venturi (TCD), Dr.Mary Phelan (DCU), Professor Lorraine Leeson (TCD) & Professor Anne MacFarlane (UL).

The 5th Community Interpreting Conference was hosted by UL in the  Graduate Entry Medical School on May 20th. The event was well attended with presentations from  colleagues from Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, the HSE and the Garda Racial, Intercultural and Diversity Office (GRIDO).

An annual event, the conference is designed to bring together academics, researchers and service providers to share their work in the area of community interpreting. The JUSTISIGNS team discussed the results of the international survey and also some of the strategies and solutions for interpreters and the legal professionals when interacting with Deaf sign language users.

For any queries ideas or suggestions please contact Haaris on 087 2270311 or

email: info@justisigns.com

EU Directive 01/04 moves to simplify English grammar in all official documentation

New EU Regulations are to be introduced to simplify EU English as a cost-saving exercise across the main European institutions this year. This move comes about as proofreading and re-printing costs soar in the EU institutions, who insist on all formal documentation being made available in English, French and German.

English is widely regarded to be one of the most difficult languages to master. Despite its widespread use as the lingua franca, both English-speakers and people learning English as a foreign language have complained (despite the availability of spell checks) about how hard it is to spell English worlds correctly. For the same reasons institutions such as the European Parliament have increasingly found that EU documentation have more grammatical errors as well as correspondence containing mixed appearances of European English, American English and British English, also known to many as Queens English.

Research conducted by the AAA found that most people surveyed were in favour of simplifying English grammar by abolishing the terms “Queens English”, “British English” and “American English” and replacing these collective terms with just the term “English”. Keyboard manufacturers have cautiously welcomed the EU Directive as they feel that this will allow manufacturers such as Apple to continue to reduce the size of their keyboards. Interestingly research shows that keystroke software (which runs in the background of all computers automatically) analyses the keys that people use has reported that the exclamation mark and the apostrophe are the least used keys across all 27 member state’s in Europe!!! And while eradicating these keys from our keyboards won’t be anything we need to be worried about in the short-term – linguistics and purists fear that such drastic measures will ultimately result in the emergence of a variant of English that by 2060 will be unintelligible by today’s older generation.

In 2018 we may see “two” “to” or “too” taking a new form. Or indeed, a pair of these may simply be made redundant leaving behind just a single “two”.

Whether we’ll see the apostrophe being dropped all together in all English curricula from 2018 or whether the Queens English will be superseded by an Anglais Nouveau Européen remains to be seen.

And, just as we familiarise ourselves with these changes to our language in 2018, don’t forget that in 2020 there will be an outright ban on the use of latinisms. Remember that circa 70% of you voted to abolish latinisms, abbreviations, along with a superfluous lists of other things that go on and on etc. etc. etc. If you want to maintain the status quo – take our poll below.

For further reading check out the Apostrophe Abolition Association link.

1916 Proclamation in Irish Sign Language – making history a hundred years on.

To mark the centenary commemoration of the 1916 Proclamation, Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited was commissioned by the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme to lead the project and produce the translation of the 1916 Proclamation into Irish Sign Language (ISL).

This is the first time that the 1916 Proclamation has been translated into Irish Sign Language. Alvean Jones translated and presented the Proclamation in Irish Sign Language, with Nora Duggan assisting as ISL monitor.

Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited were delighted to work on this project in partnership with the Irish Deaf Society, the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin and the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. The translation will be available by the 15th March in honour of Proclamation Day, a day when all schools and educational centres around Ireland will raise the National Flag and read the 1916 Proclamation of the Republic.

Irish Sign Language is the first language of the Irish Deaf community in Ireland. By ensuring that information is made available through Irish Sign Language on websites, at live events through ISL interpretation and through subtitling in broadcasting and media channels – Ireland’s linguistic and cultural minority can benefit from equal citizenship and participation in our society.

For any queries ideas or suggestions please contact Haaris on (voice & text) 087 2270311 or

email: isl@igimedia.eu

Interesource Group and Blood Bike Mid-West (BBMW) – launch fundraising Campaign for 2015

Haaris Sheikh with John Sheedy and Frank Henniger of Blood Bike Mid West

Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited is proud and excited to form a strategic fundraising alliance with Blood Bike Mid-West, a charitable organisation that provides free emergency transport to the HSE, private hospitals, clinics and hospices.

Based in Limerick, its motorbike volunteers operate from 7pm through the night providing a nationwide delivery of breast milk, blood, drugs and any other emergency medical products between one hospital and another.

Haaris Sheikh, Chief Executive of Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited has been a supporter of charitable organisations in Ireland and has been involved in fundraising campaigns for St. Vincent’s Lisnagry, Stroke Support Club Limerick and the Deaf Community Centre. Interesource Group has already sponsored some of the Blood Bike Mid-West operational activities, but when John Sheedy, Director of BBMW told his story of how he became involved in BBMW, Haaris could not resist getting involved.

John told Haaris over a cup of coffee overlooking Lough Derg in Killaloe that his son Noel was only seven. He said “he was perfect, full of life and fun, blonde hair and into sport in a big way. My wife spotted this little mark at the back of his ear and the doctors had him in hospital within minutes. While the doctors, our own GP and nurses in the hospital did all that they could, Noel was in a coma within four hours. There was a special drug for meningitis but it was held in Dublin and the hospital had to get it down. They did it as fast as they could but it was too late for Noel.

Often, good inventions come from identifying a very specific need. BBMW did just that. It is a unique service and like so many great causes – is not funded. The costs of operating and acquiring the bikes, the fuel cost and of course the volunteers’ time is managed by fundraising and donations.

Haaris says: “In 2015, I along with my team will be contacting suppliers, supporters, friends and business associates to encourage people to work with me, donate, help in fundraising or run an event from which proceeds can go to BBMW. It’s a worthy cause. Even if we have volunteers who can ride the bikes, someone still has to pay for the fuel and maintenance – so every euro helps towards getting the bikes on the road”.

Celebrating the start of Interesource Group’s alliance with BBMW is marked with the presentation of a cheque for €1000.00 from Declan Collins (General Manager) of The Stables Club, (University of Limerick) where Haaris is director of HR.

For any queries ideas or suggestions please contact Haaris on 087 2270311 or

email: givealittle@interesourcegroup.com

Sublimely elegant – luxurious square business cards

2015 range of luxury business cards

Just in for 2015, these cards are 65mm x 65mm printed on premium quality stock with an aqua blue seam running through the middle for an extra touch of class.

These cards are three times thicker which adds to the high-end feel as soon as you take these out of the box. If you want to take your brand seriously this might just be the choice for you.

Also available in this range are rectangle cards, notepaper, postcards and letterheads.