Kodaline star Mark Prendergast opened up about the recent death of his granny who passed away after contracting Covid-19.
The star, who contracted the virus himself in March, explained how the pandemic has made the grieving process even harder for his family.
Opening up about his heartache, he said: “You just have to look at your own parents and grandparents, like, I’m sorry to bring it up but I lost my granny last week.
“And you just don’t know how she got it, it might have been someone who walked through the nursing home, or from someone who was out with their mates like three days before, so it’s almost impossible to track.”
Speaking to KISS, the Dubliner added: “The most sobering and the most awful thing was the actual funeral itself.
“Like I haven’t been able to give my mam a hug… It’s just a really really strange time.”
The news comes after the guitarist revealed he had contracted the deadly virus in early March, after travelling home with the band.
The musician described the experience as a “horrible waiting game” and admitted he initially felt he might have been “over-reacting” by self-isolating.
But after his symptoms grew more intense, Mark, who believs he caught the coronavirus while at Heathrow Airport urged others to be extra cautious.
He said: “I had a fever and I was completely wiped of energy for about a week so I was sleeping for like 12 hours a day.
“Lucky enough it never got really bad, and I was able to manage it.”
Speaking on 2fm’s Breakfast with Doireann and Eoghan at the time he revealed his news, he said: ““It was quite obvious it was a new cough. It was very, very, very dry...
“I’d never had a cough like it before... I was a little bit panicked. I just got up and left.
I haven’t seen my dad since March 12.
“Nobody in my circle has shown symptoms yet... It’s a horrible waiting game really to see if people around you are sick.”
