UCC research finds digital tools and technology are an integral part of Ireland's mourning practices

People have found meaningful ways to use the online practices, blending them with long-established rituals, the study team at University College Cork said

The study shows that people found live-streamed funerals challenging and deeply unfulfilling during the pandemic, and that the mourning rituals at that time generated a sense of unfulfillment, particularly in relation to the physical and social rituals around bereavement. File photo

Technology and digital tools have become an established part of how we mourn in Ireland and are here to stay, despite a sense of unease around their use during covid, new research has found.

People have found meaningful ways to use the online practices, blending them with long-established rituals, the study team at University College Cork (UCC) said.