Originally from Roscommon and married to Audrey, John is the director of the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College. He is the board director of the Irish Deaf Society; He has been involved in many committees and working groups within the Civil Service and other Government bodies to monitor the progress of Deaf and disabled people in society. His recent publications have focused on Deaf people in society, mainly on language rights, equality and the sense of belonging within the community. He graduated with a doctorate from University College Dublin, and his thesis focused on a comparative policy analysis of signed languages in two countries – Finland and Ireland. John Bosco was awarded as one of the European Label Language Ambassadors for 2015.