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Labhraíonn Niamh Nic Oistigín le Gerry Mac Niallais agus An tAthair Brian Ó Fearraigh faoi thionchar ghéarchéim an choróinvíris orthu féin. Nuair a chaill Gerry Mac Niallais a uncail Tarlach leis an víreas, chuir sé faire ar bun ar Zoom mar nach raibh cead ag gaolta s’aige teacht le chéile ar bhealach ar bith eile. Agus i nGaoth Dobhair, tá an tAthair Brian Ó Fearraigh ag déileáil leis na srianta nua atá i bhfeidhm: masc, gúna agus miotóga air leis an ola dhéanach a chur ar dhaoine; é ina aonair san eaglais le haifreann an tórraimh a rá, agus an pobal féin ar na meáin shóisialta.

Gerry Mac Niallais organised a Zoom wake after losing his beloved uncle Terry to the virus. And Fr Brian Ó Fearraigh is dealing with the new restrictions on the rituals of death in his Gweedore parish – from administering the last rites wearing PPE, to saying the funeral mass alone in an empty church while the bereaved family watch on social media.