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The story behind Darkness Into Light

Joan Freeman, the Founder of Pieta House, joined Kieran to discuss her new book Darkness into Light: A Nation’s Response

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18.08 6 May 2022


The story behind Darkness Into Light


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18.08 6 May 2022


Joan Freeman, the Founder of Pieta House, joined Kieran to discuss her new book telling the story of the birth of a national and international movement that brings hundreds of thousands of people together every year to walk and remember those who have died by suicide.

Darkness into Light: A Nation’s Response tells the story of how an inaugural walk with 400 people in the Phoenix Park in 2009 has grown to over 200,000 people taking part in 16 countries across 5 continents.


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