Drogheda hosts Darkness into Light

DARKNESS Into Light – Pieta House’s flagship fundraising awareness event – celebrates its tenth year this May in over 150 venues in Ireland and across the world.

Darkness Into Light has blossomed into a global movement against suicide and self-harm, with over 200,000 expected to take part on Saturday, May 12th this year. This unique event begins at 4.15am as participants walk 5km routes around the world and finish as the dawn is breaking, journeying together from Darkness Into Light.

The Committee of Darkness Into Light Drogheda are encouraging the local community to attend this the 5th year the event has been held in the town. Martha McCabe said, “The people of Drogheda have been incredibly supportive of the event since our first year in 2014. Last year, over 3,500 people took part from the local community, and we would love to see that number increase this year. Suicide and self-harm are serious problems in our area and we need to face them together.”

Speaking on the importance of the event, Pieta House CEO, Brian Higgins, said, “I want to ask everybody to wake up and join us in support of families and friends affected by suicide and self-harm. All of our services are free, but the demand for them is ever-increasing.’

Registration for this year’s event is now open and will be exclusively online at www.darknessintolight.ie.