Carrick-on-Suir's Darkness Into Light Committee thanks all who contributed to walk's success

Terry Lonergan, Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District Cathaoirleach Cllr David Dunne, Siobhan Robinson pictured before starting the Darkness Into Light walk

placeholder image — Terry Lonergan, Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District Cathaoirleach Cllr David Dunne, Siobhan Robinson pictured before starting the Darkness Into Light walk

Carrick-on-Suir’s Darkness Into Light Committee has thanked the many people, organisations and businesses in the town who helped make this year’s 5km walk/run in aid of suicide prevention charity Pieta so successful.

The Committee thanked all who took part in the dawn walk/run on Saturday, May 6; all who donated to the fundraising appeal and all who worked as volunteers.

It thanked the Green School for giving access to the school where the event started and finished; Green School principal Denis Cotter for planting the Tree of Hope in the school grounds and Topline Cleary’s for sponsoring the tree.

The Committee thanked Ber and Milo Glascott who allowed the DIL Committee use their Main Street shop premises for registration and COSBA for its help finding the premises.

The Committee paid tribute Carrick River Rescue, Order of Malta, Civil Defence, Fire Brigade personnel and the DIL bikers for keeping participants safe and thanked Ross Cleary Ross Cleary for taking over the route management.

It thanked SuperValu for donating food for refreshments, Glenpatrick for donating water, Spar for donating kiddies goody bags, Carrick Lions Club for its generous donation and local businesses for decorating their windows in yellow and DIL posters.

The Committee also paid tribute to students of Presentation, Green School, Ballyneale and Clonea-Power primary schools for their artwork and TY students of Comeragh College for their work at the event.

It also thanked construction students and teachers at Comeragh College and Edmund Rice Secondary School for creating new wooden signs. And the Committee thanked Ken and Conor Power who erected and collected all the signs and organised the lighting and Radley Engineering for use of its van for the signs.