13/05/2026
What an absolute honour to have Sean Dogett as an ambassador for Darkness Into Light Athenry. He did himself, his family & Athenry proud 💕
Sean's Speech ❤️
First of all it’s an absolute honour to be an ambassador for this years darkness into light. I would like to thank Simon, Sharon and Ursula for picking me as the ambassador this year it means a lot.
Mental health is a sensitive topic to most people but we need to break down barriers and we need to be able to speak openly to each other, that could be meet up with your friend for a coffee or go for a walk to giving a phone call to pieta house.
Especially when I am such a high performing athlete, mental health can also be so important especially when it can be mentally challenging as well sometimes. But it can also go with anything in life especially with work, college and so on.
I have seen how much of a toll mental health takes on people’s life as I have witnessed it in school, sport and friendship.
One advice I would give to everyone that is listening is that you are not alone, you can always speak up and talk to anyone because people will always be open to listen to your problems and never be ashamed to feel how you feel because it’s okay not to be okay.
I hope you understand what the meaning of this event and why this is such a main topic of today.
Thank you
