The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association (PTAA) faces imminent closure unless it can raise new funds, according to its chief executive.
The organisation, founded in 1898 by Jesuit priest Fr James Cullen and characterised by its ‘pioneer pin’ is projecting a deficit of €100,000 for 2011.
At its height, the organisation promoting temperance had 360,000 members. Today it claims between 125,000 and 150,000.
In an open letter to members posted on its website, chief executive Padraig Brady said the deficit had arisen from the decline in the Pioneer magazine circulation and other income sources.
Source: Aoife Carr, The Irish Times, 28/04/2011
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