Cycle of life: 32-county trek to combat suicide

Ten friends are on their bikes to create awareness of 500 deaths per year and to fund the charity Console, says Colette Sheridan

NINE men and one woman from Cork are cycling the 32 counties this week in aid of Console, the suicide prevention and bereavement charity. The cyclists, all in their 50s, aim to raise €10,000 for Console’s second Cork centre, which will open at Bessborough in Blackrock this year.

The cycle began on May 4 and finishes on Saturday. It is the brainchild of Ger Collins. Every Sunday morning, for the past 12 years, he has met a group of 30 men outside Cork’s City Hall for a weekly cycle. After the O’Sullivan Beara four-day cycle last year, from Glengariff to Longford, so Collins suggested cycling for charity.