THE SKY WAS still dark when walkers in yellow t-shirts began to gather at the Chesterfield Avenue entrance to Dublin’s Phoenix Park last Saturday morning.
At 4.15am, 15,000 people headed off on a 5km Darkness Into Light course through the park, finishing just in time for sunrise.
But the Phoenix Park was just one of 180 Darkness Into Light locations worldwide. The event, proudly sponsored by Electric Ireland for the last six years, has grown from 400 walkers in 2009 to a 200,000-strong group around the world, all raising funds for the suicide charity Pieta House.
Here’s a look at some of this year’s photos, from four continents and seven timezones…
Together Electric Ireland and Pieta House would like to thank the 200,000 participants who woke up and walked from Darkness Into Light and the thousands more who made it possible. Together we helped create a better future for everyone.
For more information on Darkness Into Light and the work done by Pieta House, visit pieta.ie.
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