Author Archives: Padraig Hall

Special Olympics Success for Philip and Dean

  Philip Clancy and Dean O’Connor from our Castlebridge hub competed in the Special Olympics Leinster Heats last Saturday in Kilkenny. Philip won gold in the walking swimming competition and Dean picked up gold and silver in the front crawl events. Well done to both of you!!!  

New Castlebridge Hub Official Opening

Everyone at Reach Ability is thrilled to announce the opening of our new community hub at No 1, The Grain Store, Castlebridge where we will enjoy the many varied activities we partake in including life skills learning, recreational activities, community participation, volunteering and work experience leading to increased life choice and independence. All who attended […]

Gaisce Award Adventure Journey

Well Done to our Reach Ability Gaisce participants who completed their Gaisce Adventure Journey yesterday. The participants travelled by train to Rosslare strand where they completed a hike on the beach. They were accompanied by our Learning Support Teacher and Gaisce Awards Leader Michelle Pepper. The Adventure Journey is the final component of the Gaisce […]

Verona Murphy T.D. visits Castlebridge Community Gardens

We had a visit from Wexford T.D. Verona Murphy today to see our garden plot in the Castlebridge Community Gardens.   All our individuals have been working very hard over the last couple of months growing some delicious produce in both the poly-tunnels and the outside vegetable patch.   Verona was gifted some of the […]

Assisted Decision Making Presentation

Gemma Flood, Assisted Decision-Making Lead in the HSE, gave an excellent presentation on Assisted Decision making to staff at our training day on Friday March 15th. This was very useful is gaining a better understanding of the changes introduced in the legislation. Gemma is shown here with Pádraig Hall, Tara Dillon, Jacqui Murphy and Trevor […]