Watch: Hundreds walk and run from Darkness into Light in Cookstown for mental health
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Organised by Pieta House, this year’s event in Cookstown was being held in association with The Niamh Louise Foundation, which provides a safe environment for people with suicidal ideation and/or engaging in self-harm.
Pieta House is a suicide and self-harm crisis centre founded in Lucan, Co. Dublin in 2006.
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Hide AdWith nine centres throughout Ireland, Pieta House provides a professional one-to-one therapeutic service for those who are experiencing suicidal ideation or engaging in self-harm.
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The organisers of the Cookstown event said they were delighted with the turnout of local people who set off at 4.15am on a 5km route just as dawn was breaking.
Photographs kindly supplied by Caoimhe Shaw.