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Dubliners brave Irish sea for one extra minute every day this month in aid of mental health
Dubliners brave Irish sea for one extra minute every day this month in aid of mental health

Dubliners brave Irish sea for one extra minute every day this month in aid of mental health

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/dubliners-brave-irish-sea-for-one-extra-minute-every-day-this-month-in-aid-of-mental-health/a1233531896.html

Two Dubliners are taking a dip in the Irish Sea for an extra minute on each day of the month to support Pieta House.

Two friends and co-workers from Dublin are participating in ‘Freezebury’ this month for Pieta House, spending an extra minute in the sea each day of the month.

The beginning of the month started with a one minute dip and the end of the month will conclude with a 29-minute plunge.

Pieta provides a professional one-to-one therapeutic service to people who are in suicidal distress, engage in self-harm, or are bereaved by suicide.

The initiative was the brainchild of former rugby player Damien Browne, designed to get people out of their comfort zones for February.

Ciaran O’Connor, owner of a café called Soul Café at Portmarnock station, decided to set up the fundraiser with his friend and colleague Sean Flanagan as a way of “bringing people together” in aid of mental health support services like Pieta House.