The nation has banded together to raise an impressive €2 million for Pieta House in a special episode of the Late Late Show.
The programme, hosted by Ryan Tubridy, called on people to donate to this year’s Electric Ireland Darkness into Light campaign in absence of the annual fundraising walk, which would usually bring in €6 million for the suicide prevention and bereavement counselling services.
The show included a number of well-known faces, who spoke about their own experiences of life in lockdown but it was Elaine Austin, Chief Executive of Pieta House, who really drove home the gravity of the situation.
Elaine explained how the number of people contacting Pieta House has more than doubled in the past three months, something she puts