Pioneer Total Abstinence Association

The 16th Annual National Pioneer Ball will take place in the Clarion Hotel Sligo on Saturday 14th April 2012.

Mass will be held in St. Joseph's Church, Ballytivnan, Sligo at 6pm.

Dinner at 7.30pm

Tickets €25

For ticket bookings and further information contact:

Trisha Gallagher: 087 9447124

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The Pioneer pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from 18th-27th October 2012 and will be led by the Central Spiritual Director Fr. Bernard McGuckian, SJ.

Pioneer Pilgrimage 2012

Patricia Gallagher and Dermot Fagan, members of PTAA National Youth Committee, were invited onto the Ireland AM show on TV3 yesterday (5th December 2011) to talk about their involvement in the Pioneers, the link between alcohol and Christmas, and the effect their decision has on their social lifestyle.

http://www.tv3.ie/ireland_am.php?video=43031&locID=1.65.74

Thanks to the generosity of the people of Ireland to the Pioneers’ 2011 fundraising appeal, the country’s local Pioneer centres remain open and issued their annual Christmas today (21 November 2011) by inviting drinkers to enjoy the forthcoming seasonal festivities by drinking sensibly and moderately this Christmas.

Irish Times article which featured on Wednesday 9th November 2011.Surge in alcohol abuse reported.

The number of people treated for alcohol abuse increased by almost 50 per cent in five years, according to figures just published.

Irish Times article which featured on Wednesday 9th November 2011. Cases of treatment for alcohol abuse up 42% since 2005

HE NUMBER of instances of treatment for alcohol abuse has risen by more than 40 per cent in six years.

Irish Independent article which featured on Wednesday 9th November 2011. Price hike on cards after huge rise in teen boozing

The number of teenagers being treated for alcohol abuse has surged by more than 145pc in five years -- with more than half of them drinking before they turn 16.

Irish Examiner article which featured on Wednesday 9th November 2011. 76% of people treated for alcohol are jobless

THE effects of the recession are biting hard, with a massive jump in unemployment among people seeking treatment for alcohol.

Irish Independent article which featured on Wednesday 9th November 2011. Cabinet confusion on alcohol abuse

Junior Minister Roisin Shortall's admission that she didn't know whether or not the Government currently had the legal power to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol illustrates once again that, when it comes to alcohol policy, this Government is at sixes and sevens.