More opportunities to register for Carrick-on-Suir's Darkness Into Light walk

Hundreds of people will gather in Carrick-on-Suir before daybreak on Saturday to take part in the town’s annual Darkness Into Light 5km walk in aid of Pieta, the suicide and self-harm prevention charity.

Carrick-on-Suir’s Darkness Into Light Committee is hosting more registration sessions in the lead up to the charity walk that starts at the CBS Green School at 4.15am on May 11. The walk will also finish at the Green School.

You can register to take part in the event at Power & Walsh estate agents at Main St., Carrick this Thursday between 4pm and 7pm and at the same location on Friday between 3.30pm and 6.30pm.

People who register at these sessions will receive s Darkness Into Light t-shirt and participation pass, which is your ticket to take part in the event.

Mary Power of Carrick-on-Suir’s Darkness Into Light Committee said entries will also be taken at the Green School on the morning of the walk.

Carrick-on-Suir will be one of many towns around the country hosting fundraising walks for Pieta House on Saturday.

Darkness Into Light is not only an occasion to raise funds for this worthy cause but to remember those who died by suicide and to raise awareness of the help Pieta offers people suffering mental health difficulties.