Cork GAA Club To Host Puc-a-thon To Tackle Suicide
A Cork GAA club is hoping to help break the stigma around suicide this bank holiday weekend.
Carrigtwohill GAA Club are hosting an overnight ‘puckathon’ on Bank Holiday Sunday which will see members continuously pucking the sliotar from dusk till dawn.
The club has been directly affected by suicide as three former members of the juvenile club have died by suicide in the past three years.
Speaking to RedFM News David Sullivan of Carrigtwohill juvenile GAA Club says Camán till Dawn is just one of the initiatives they're organising to tackle suicide:
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