Scouting Ireland warned of major problems in 2016

Scouts warned in June 2016 letter that the rapid growth in membership was causing problems

Scouting Ireland knew as far back as the summer of 2016 that it was “working at 150 per cent capacity”, “treading a very dangerous line”, and at risk of “dropping the ball in a serious way”.

The Sunday Business Post has seen a letter, written in June 2016 by Scouting Ireland’s then national secretary, Jimmy Cunningham, who was writing to warn the organisation that it did not have ‘enough time to do everything ...