The Irish charity and voluntary sector has warned it will not be able to provide vital services if funding lost due to Covid-19 restrictions is not replaced.
The sector expects fundraising income to be down at least 40% this year and has asked the Government for an urgent assistance package.
Next weekend hundreds of thousands of people would have been getting out of bed at 4am for the Darkness into Light Walk in aid of Pieta House.
The annual event raises over €5 million to help combat mental illness. Over 60 cyclists would have been preparing to travel to northern Italy for the Irish Hospice Foundation, and countless other fundraising events and challenges would have been in full swing across Ireland.