'It's been very healing': Corkman's 170km walk raises €20k for parental bereavement charities

Corkman Finbarr Buttimer set out on a walk from Cork city to Dingle last week - as his journey comes to a close midweek, he's raised nearly €20,000 for parental loss charities Féilecáin and FirstLight - ten times the target amount

Finbarr Buttimer, at the outset of his walk from Cork to Dingle, raising funds for Féileacháin and First Light

Content advisory: this article deals with infant loss and parental bereavement.

Each of us has lost someone we've loved — and felt the impact of their presence, no matter how brief, continue to resonate.