The Tabor Group is a provider of residential addiction treatment services in Ireland. It aims to offer hope, healing, and recovery to clients suffering from addictions through integrated and caring services. In addition to two residential facilities, the organisation provides a continuing care programme to clients who have completed treatment to assist with their recovery as well as a community-based programme. Its family support programme offers counselling to families whose loved ones are struggling with an addiction. In 2025, the Tabor Group published its annual report for 2024.1 This article highlights services provided by the Tabor Group to individuals with a substance use addiction in 2024.

Primary Residential Programme

Tabor Group offers a 28-day Residential Treatment Programme at its Tabor Fellowship treatment centre. The treatment centre is located at Spur Hill in Doughcloyne, on the outskirts of Cork City. The programme consists of comprehensive assessment, individualised care planning, group therapy, counselling, addiction education, meditation, and recreational activities.

Integrated Recovery Programme

Tabor Group’s 12-week Integrated Recovery Programme comprises two phases suited to both male and female clients with complex needs, poly/cross-addiction, history of previous treatment and relapse, deficits in coping, and living skills. Phase 1 of the programme takes place in Tabor Lodge, a residential addiction treatment centre situated in Belgooly, 15 miles south of Cork City. The Phase 1 programme is designed to respond to the complex needs of clients and provides safety and stabilisation. The Phase 2 programme, in the Tabor Fellowship treatment centre, supports clients to take on more personal responsibility while continuing to develop skills for managing addiction as well as everyday living skills. Clients can also avail of a Phase 3 programme comprising an additional 12 weeks of ‘Recovery Living’ in homes in the community.

Other services

Tabor Group also provides ongoing treatment and peer-led support to clients as they navigate day-to-day living following treatment. This includes participation in a facilitated weekly group meeting and an individualised care plan over 12 months, with an option to extend for a second year. In addition, the organisation offers comprehensive assistance to families affected by addiction, recognising that the entire family benefits from support. Assistance encompasses education, one-to-one support, peer support groups, phone support, and intervention advice.

Numbers treated in 2024

In 2024, 342 initial assessments were undertaken at Tabor Group. Each of these was conducted in accordance with Health Service Executive (HSE) National Protocols for Drug and Alcohol Services. Tabor Group meets with the HSE each month to review admissions and discharges to its treatment centres. In 2024, 250 clients were admitted to Tabor Group for residential treatment of addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling or a combination of these, with 181 of these people going on to attend the 28-day Residential Treatment Programme and 69 people going on to attend the 3-month Integrated Recovery Programme. In 2024, Tabor Group also provided weekly peer-led Continuing Care groups to 225 people across Cork city, county, and online, including the establishment of a dedicated Women’s Support Group to further enhance outreach and support.

1    Tabor Group (2025) Tabor Group Annual Report 2024. Cork: Tabor Group. Available from:
https://www.taborgroup.ie/annual-reports/