Mick Clifford Podcast: Living and dying in a time of Coronavirus

Alison O’Connor has like many people been reflecting in recent weeks on the nature of life and the nature of death as the country endures what amounts to lockdown and the virus takes lives at an increasing rate.

She talks to Mick Clifford for today’s podcast about how the bereaved at this time are being robbed of the rituals that constitute the comfort blanket that usually provides solace in days after a death.

She reflects on the more mundane and even blackly humorous aspects to working from home and being in closer proximity than usual to our nearest and dearest and wonders how as a society we will have changed when it’s all over.