The Suicide charity Pieta House’s annual Darkness into Light fundraising event with Electric Ireland got underway at 4am with double last year’s turnout.
An estimated 30,000 people turned out for dawn walks at 20 locations around the country to show support for suicide prevention, including the flagship walk at Phoenix Park, Dublin, above.
From top: Gillian O’Brien, Dania Romiddi and Julie Little; The runners’ registration centre in the Phoenix Park; Aoife Kavanagh; runners completing the course; Rita O’Byrne and Liz Conroy; on the 5km course; as before; Louise O’Beirne; Tara Monaghan and Lucy; Lauren Tuite and Chantelle O’Neille, partcipating in memory of James Tuite who was 20 years old when he took his own life.
Thanks Tara Walsh
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)