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Share this article Thousands of people walked in the rain and wind at sunrise this morning to raise funds for Pieta House. The suicide prevention charity described the weather for Darkness Into Light as "challenging for a challenging year". Participants walked, ran, swam or hiked on their own or in their social bubble. More than 140,000 people signed up to take part in the campaign and over €6.4m has been raised for Pieta House in the process. Last night, a further €1.1m was raised for the charity on the Late Late Show. Pieta House Fundraising and Advocacy Manager, Tom McEvoy, was thrill...

Tomorrow morning, the Darkness Into Light walk will take place across the country. Each year, the sunrise walk raises awareness of suicide and fundraises to support suicide prevention. Because of Covid-19, we will not see crowds gathering in their thousands as we usually would. Instead, Pieta House is asking people to get out before sunrise and do the walk in their social bubble. In the month of May, which is Mental Health Month, it is one of the most successful fundraisers for the charity. The Killarney leg alone in Co Kerry has raised over €500,000 since 2011. Known as 'Nathan's Walk', it...

DONEGAL people are being urged to rise early and unite for ‘One Sunrise Together’ for this year’s Darkness Into Light. This year’s Darkness Into Light takes place tomorrow morning and people across the country are being encouraged to sign up to share ‘One Sunrise Together’ on May 8 as part of the major fundraiser for mental health charity Pieta. Pieta, which runs Pieta House in Letterkenny, helped 237 people in the Donegal area in 2020 and provided 4,176 hours of counselling in 2020 and 2019. The Darkness Into Light event is the charity’s main fundraising activity but due to Cov...