Darkness Into Light set date for Dundalk

THE organisers of the annual Darkness Into Light walks have confirmed a date has been set for this year’s event in Dundalk.

The third annual running of the fundraiser in aid of Pieta House will take place on Saturday May 11th.

For now, the date has been released so people can keep it free with registration for the event opening soon.

In 2018 over 3,800 people took part in the local event, which got underway at 4.15am from Dundalk IT.

The event raised a massive €102,314.24, a more than €40,000 increase on the amount raised in the first year the walk was held in Dundalk in 2017.

Organisers say they are delighted that dates are being set for the third annual event across the country

The idea behind Darkness Into Light is for people to come together in the early hours of the morning to walk 5km to remember those affected by suicide and to support those considering it.

They then complete the event at sunrise, showing that no matter how hard things get there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

A spokesman for Pieta House spokes about the inpact of the Darkness Into Light events.

‘Over 200,000 people have walked at dawn, together in hope over 28 countries across the world.’

‘ This nsupport has an immense impact, raising over €6 million for Pieta House services. The funds raised have been able to provide crisis intervention counselling for more than 7,000 people nationwide, over 4,000 hours of bereavement counselling, and enable therapists to see an average of 135 clients each week.

Alongside intervention and bereavement services Pieta House provides prevention services; The Resilience Academy and Amber Flag.