For the next six weeks, a maximum of ten mourners may attend a funeral under the new Level 5 restrictions. By comparison, 25 people can attend a wedding, which is an increase on the six people specified in the original plan for Level 5 published a month ago.
Why are the restrictions for weddings being eased, but not those for funerals? At the news conference last night, Taoiseach Micheál Martin explained his approach to weddings by saying: "There's not too many left, to be frank." For the few couples who haven’t cancelled or postponed, he added: "People have planned all year.
We decided to allow them 25." That sounds like a humane approach. But why not show the same consideration to funerals? The Taoiseach was clearly aware of the scale of