A Dublin man whose parents both contracted Covid-19 in a nursing home has described how his father's funeral had to be held in quarantine conditions today.
His mother remains seriously ill. Dominick McGroddy said his 82-year-old father John had known many groups of people as a motorcycle garda, a golfer and a businessman, and would have had a packed funeral.
However because of current conditions, it was only immediate family sitting apart in St Cronan's Church in Swords, with the service broadcast on webcam.
As he has a medical condition, Dominick was only able to see his father on Facetime during his final days. His siblings had to stand behind a glass window as his mother - who remains seriously ill with the coronavirus - was brought in