At a Mass to mark 120 years since its founding, the PTAA was praised for taking a stand against "the huge investment and false idealisation of a drinking culture by the drinks industry".
“The worst thing about excessive drinking is not the men it makes drunk but the children that it makes afraid.” – Fr Barney McGuckian
Tribute to Pioneer Total Abstinence Association's spirituality at 60th annual Knock pilgrimage.
Irish people spent €6.35 billion on alcohol in 2012 new figures reveal.
