Cork Penny Dinners recovery group go the extra Inch for mental health fundraiser

Volunteers pitched their tents on the strand and endured a night of heavy rain to raise funds for Cork suicide and mental health awareness group Shine a Light

Members of the Cork Penny Dinners recovery group, recovering addicts, braving the cold seas at Inch beach, in a fundraiser for  Cork suicide and mental health awareness group Shine a Light. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Some 30 volunteers slept out on a damp Inch Beach on Friday night, greeting the cold Saturday sunrise with a bracing seaside dip to raise funds for Cork suicide and mental health awareness group Shine a Light.

Members of the Cork Penny Dinners recovery group, recovering addicts who meet three times a week at the Cork charity’s Little Hanover Street premises, pitched their tents on the strand and endured a night of heavy rain to help a local group whose work is dear to their hearts.