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By Sean Moriarty

The national suicide and mental health charity, Pieta House, will run its series of Darkness into Light walks in October after postponing its initial events due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The morning walk, which was due to take place in the early hours of May 9 will now, provisionally, be held on October 3, but this date is subject change too due to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.

The Killarney version of Darkness into Light, locally called 'Walking For Nathan', commemorates Nathan O’Carroll who was only 14 when he died on December 16, 2007.

However, his memory lives on as thousands descend on Killarney every year for the walk.

The Killarney walk was the first one of its kind to be held outside Dublin and now there are over 200 such walks in 25 countries.

One of the first overseas walks to get off the ground was in London in 2014, it was initially organised by the Kerry Association London but as it grew in size it became a separate event.

One of the founders, Tara Cronin, originally from Aghadoe, remains as the chair of the London organising committee.