‘He didn’t see his own worth’: Derry midwife reflects on pain of losing brother to suicide ahead of charity walk

Sister reflects on pain of losing her sibling ahead of the Darkness Into Light walk for suicide prevention next weekend

Darkness Into Light is an annual sunrise walk which raises much-needed funds for local suicide and bereavement support services. Inset Emmet McCourt.

Amanda Ferguson

A north-west midwife’s “fun and kind” brother will be among those remembered during the Darkness into Light sunrise walks raising funds for suicide prevention and bereavement charities across Ireland.

Nursing midwife Sinéad Radcliffe (42) from Derry will be thinking about her much-loved late brother Emmet McCourt every step of the way next Saturday, May 11. Galway-based Emmet died in March 2023 aged 29.