By Luke Courtney

Christmas morning may be chilly but locals will once again dare to dip for an annual fundraiser.

The Dundag Christmas Day Dip is back and starts at 11am.

For the past two years the event took a break due to COVID, and now organiser Niki McCarthy from Tiernaboul is once again inviting everyone along to come and support it.

She has been doing her annual Christmas Day Dip in Muckross since 2009 in memory of her sister, who tragically passed away in 2004 due to suicide.

“We all run in together,” she told the Killarney Advertiser. “It’s a great way to spread awareness for mental health.”

Niki also explained the marvellous progress her fundraiser has seen throughout the years.

She says it started with few and is now between 100 and 150 people.

You can contact Niki if you wish to donate to the cause and receive a sponsorship pack on email nikimcmoney@gmail.com or phone 086 160 86 73.

She has also set up a fundraising page and said that people can set up their own pages and link it to the Killarney Christmas Day Dip event on iDonate 'Killarney Christmas Day Dip 2022'.

"I truly believe it to be a wonderful way to balance remembrance and awareness of issues with mental health and illness," she said.

"We have raised just over €60k so far, so that is fantastic."