Carnaross Drama Group and Tabor House
Senator Nelson Murray paid tribute to Paddy Dunne and congratulated the Carnaross Drama Group for fundraising for Tabor House.
I would like to put on record my respects for the wonderful Mr. Paddy Dunne, a long-time member of Fine Gael since the 1940s, who passed away aged 98. He was from Carnaross. I wish to pass on my sympathies to his family.
I am going to stick with Carnaross and congratulate the Carnaross Drama Group, which recently raised over €17,000 for Tabor House, a very special place in Navan, County Meath. It is an addiction treatment centre. The entire proceeds from the show went to Tabor House. It is a residential secondary addiction treatment centre that runs a four-month programme emphasising group therapy, one-to-one counselling, personal responsibility, peer support, retraining and work skills and participation in a 12-step programme. It was set up by the wonderful Sister Catherine Lillis many years ago. It opened its doors in 2005 and a lovely man called Pat Mullaney continues a lot of the work there today along with Sister Catherine. I do not think any family has not been touched by something in regards to addiction so having addiction services is very important. I also congratulate Tabor House, which is going to celebrate its 21st birthday.
I wanted to comment on how important addiction services are and, to congratulate Tabor House on all it has done and is about to do in the future. It is about to commence a secondary treatment centre called Misneach, which will be for women. That will start in the third quarter of 2026, so congratulations to it.