A Dublin undertaker has penned a tragic poem to one of the latest victims of COVID-19 who he laid to rest with no family or friends by his side.
Sent in anonymously to Dublin Live, the undertaker said he penned the tragic short story immediately after the tragic victim had been cremated.
Titled COVID-19, the funeral worker told Dublin Live his life has changed forever following the mass cremations he has witnessed since the start of the pandemic in Ireland.
Here's his tragic letter to the victim:
"Today I'm taking him away, COVID-19 the nurses say. With goggles and masks, suit and gloves, coffin and hearse but no one he loves.
"Daughters and sons in isolation. Social distancing the main conversation. Underlying health problems the papers say. No funeral mass no long eulogy.
Straight to the cemetery, pass through the gates. None of his family not one of his mates
"Passed the heroes of a lost generation, next to the tower for his cremation.
"When you see me driving by, don't despair, try not to sigh. Just think of him and say goodbye.
"By A. Hearse. Driver."
A further 41 deaths from coronavirus were announced by the Department of Health on Tuesday night - bringing the death toll in the country to 406.
Of the new confirmed deaths, 36 were located in the east, four in the west, one in the south of the country
Sixteen of the fatalities were females and 25 male with a median age of 85.
31 people were reported as having underlying health conditions
Another 832 cases were also confirmed bring the total cases in the Republic of Ireland to 11,479.
Of these new cases, 548 were reported by Irish laboratories and 284 from a laboratory in Germany.
The nation remains in lockdown until Tuesday, May 5 in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly bug.
