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A POP-UP shop created by Inspired in Tralee at the Festive Markets back in December, has raised funds for Recovery Haven Kerry and Kerry Hospice. Inspired, based at Basin Road, Tralee, are a community group who work with adults with intellectual disabilities. The aim of the group is to empower […]

THE official opening of the Inspired day-service located at Brandon Court, Basin Road took place on Monday by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD. Inspired is a not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to empowering adults with intellectual disabilities and the organisation has gone from strength to strength since 2014. The building owned […]

THE Inspired group held their ‘Promoting Inclusive Employment’ event at Ballygarry Estate on Friday, September 23. The event aimed to raise awareness among local employers in relation to the recruitment and retention of people with intellectual disabilities in the workplace. Over 25 local employers were represented at the presentation, which […]

THE finale of the Inspired IWAT camp was held in the Tralee Bay Wetlands on Thursday. During the month of July, young adolescents and adults from special needs schools and various services all over Kerry participated in the camps. Participants and students enjoyed theatre and dance, music and ukulele, role-play and storytelling, physical fitness […]

A LOCAL cafe is hosting a special exhibition/sale of art this week as a fundraiser for local group Inspired. Maree O’Connor, whose daughter Labhaoise is part of the Inspired group, has 10 paintings hanging on the walls of The Daily Grind cafe on The Mall and a number have already […]

AK Inspired participants took part in a Jog 4 June 5K challenge organised by Angela O’Mahony and John Halpin (Health and Leisure Tutors) to raise funding for a defibrillator for the service. Inspired, based at Brandon Court in Tralee, received huge support from the participants families, friends and members of […]

A COLLABORATION between Inspired Tralee and a Dublin-based disability group will see the ‘WALK PEER’ supported transition programme rolled out across a number of special needs schools in Kerry. The partnership with Inspired — the community project that aims to develop the employment, education and personal development skills of adults with […]

TWO men got on their bikes recently to help out a local group helping adults with intellectual disabilities. Joe Moriarty from Tralee and Ray Moynihan from Killarney visited the Inspired centre at Brandon Place in town on Friday to present a cheque for €8,200. They took part in a cycle […]

WITH hairdressers and barbers reopening on Monday, a local organisation is hoping the public will capture their bad hair days on camera and donate to a great cause before the experts apply their magic next week. The Inspired “Best/Worst Covid Hair Challenge” has received the support of many well known […]

INSPIRED have ensured that their participants can keep in touch with the delivery of iPads to them during the lockdown. Inspired recently developed a ‘Cocoon & Connect-Ability Programme’ for their participants in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Inspired, based in  Friary lane, Tralee, supports over 50 individuals with Intellectual […]

THIS week Inspired were delighted to announce a three year funding agreement totalling €51,000 with the Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee. Manager at Inspired, which offers a five day educational programme to adults and young adolescents with intellectual disabilities, Liz Maher said; “we believe that no single organisation or resource is able […]

THERE’LL be wall to wall witches and ghouls in the Ashe Hotel tomorrow night (Thursday) when the Inspired group hosts a Monster Mash Ball. The event takes place from 7.45pm to 10pm and everyone is invited to come along. Admission is €15. As Sarah Fitzmartin, a member of the Inspired explains, it […]

THERE’LL be wall to wall witches and ghouls in the Ashe Hotel in two weeks when the Inspired group hosts a Monster Mash Ball. The event takes place on October 24 from 7.45pm to 10pm and everyone is invited to come along. Admission is €15. As Sarah Fitzmartin, a member of the […]

A NEW summer programme for people with intellectual disabilities is being held at Tralee Bay Wetlands this month. The ‘Wilderness Adventure Therapy Summer Camp’ is a collaboration between the Inspired group and the Wetlands where participants enjoy such activities as arts & crafts, campfire cookout, scavenger hunts, orienteering, group therapy […]

THE Inspired group are hosting a tea day in aid of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, this Thursday May 2. Participants at Inspired will host the fundraiser from 10.30am – 12.30pm and all are welcome to join them for a cuppa and a chat. This is the second year that […]

THE local Inspired group has announced an extension of its services thanks to funding from the government. The news comes as another donation was made to Inspired at its Friary Lane headquarters on Monday morning. The Ballybeggan Ladies Golf Society holds an annual lady captain’s day where the ladies traditionally […]

THE Board of Management of Inspired, based in Friary Lane in Tralee, have announced that they have been successful in their application for  Pobal funding under the ‘Ability’ program and will receive substantial support over the coming years. Inspired is one of 27 projects nationwide — and the only Kerry […]

THE participants at Inspired at Friary Lane were delighted to hand over proceeds of a recent fundraiser to the Rosemary Day Centre. The members of the group held a tea morning last month and raised a total of €410 as Maree O’Connor, a co-ordinator with the group, explained. “One of […]

PRESENTATION students raised €380 for the Inspired Group during National Flag day back in March and handed over the cheque on Friday last. Teacher, Margaret Barry, explained how the fifth year history students raised the funds. “Presentation Tralee is associated with the Thomas Francis Maher Foundation which aims to promote […]

THERE was a buzz of activity at the Inspired centre on Friary Lane on Wednesday as the members of the group held a fundraiser. “We’re hosting a tea day for the Alzheimers Society of Ireland,” said Maree O’Connor of Inspired. ” The idea came from one of our participants, Sinead, […]

A TRALEE fashion outlet hosted a great coffee/fashion morning on Friday which raised €530 for a great cause. Eileen Whelan of  Paco on The Mall  organised the event to raise funds for the Inspired group based at Friary Lane. Members of the group modelled fashions from the store and there was […]

A TRALEE fashion outlet will hold another one of their great coffee/fashion mornings agains this Friday for a great cause. Eileen Whelan of  Paco on The Mall has organised the event to raise funds for the Inspired group based at Friary Lane. From 11am to 1pm, there’ll be teas, coffees and […]

THERE was a great turnout for the launch of a CD by two local musicians, all for a great cause in The Rose Hotel last night. Pat Pierse and John Buggy, aka ‘The Crackers’, recorded ‘A Christmas Hug’ “for a bit of a laugh” and decided that all the proceeds from […]

TWO local musicians have released a Christmas song which they hope will raise much needed funds for a local group. Pat Pierse and John Buggy, aka ‘The Crackers’, recorded ‘A Christmas Hug’ and all proceeds from sales go to the Inspired group on Friary Lane. The lads wrote the song […]

THE Inspired group were delighted to receive a visit from a special guest this afternoon and ended up getting an invitation to take a tour of Dáil Éireann. Minster for State for Disabilities Finian McGrath, went to the Inspired centre at Friary Lane and was hugely impressed with what the […]

MEMBERS of Inspired put on a great show on Friday night in Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Their fashion show was hugely enjoyable for the approximately 200 who attended, including writer Billy Keane, Deputy Michael Healy Rae and renowned designer Don O’Neill who attended with his husband Pascal Guillermie. The show was […]

MEMBERS of the Inspired group are putting the final preparations together for their fashion show in Ballyroe Heights Hotel tomorrow night. The show will take place on Friday, June 16 at 8pm, is the main fundraiser for the service  provided to young adults with intellectual disabilities at its Friary Lane base in Tralee. Inspired […]

MEMBERS of the Inspired group will strut their stuff at a fashion show in Ballyroe Heights Hotel next week. “The show is our main fundraiser for the service we provide to young adults with intellectual disabilities,” said Maree O’Connor of Inspired. The show will take place on Friday, June 16 […]

WINNERS of the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Strictly Come Dancing, Rosie McGrath and Dominic Rollo-Walker, were at Inspired, Friary Lane, on Tuesday where they donated their winnings from the contest. The pair out-danced some stiff competition on Satuday night to win the Judges Vote and chose to donate their €500 prize to the group. Inspired […]

A LOCAL group has received €2,000 from the Bons Secours Tralee Community Initiative Programme which aims to support local groups that are making a difference. One of these groups is Inspired who have been actively enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in town for the last three years and are based in […]