Vincent Keegan says concerns about contracting the virus meant he was unable to say goodbye.
An Offaly man who's father died of Covid-19 says the aftermath of his passing was strange and surreal.
Precautions mean that anyone who passes after contracting the illness are not allowed in a church, their remains must be immediately buried or cremated as soon as possible.
Vincent Keegan and his family were unable to observe the traditional Irish burial that their father had planned and the family are now all self-isolating after being in hospital with him.
Mr. Keegan says concerns of passing on the virus meant he was unable to say goodbye:
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