Limiting attendees to 50 people at resumed indoor church services is strange and disappointing, a senior cleric has said. The archbishop suggested the size of congregation should reflect the size of each church when places of worship reopen on June 29. The cleric said many Mass-goers would be cautious of large gatherings as Ireland takes its next steps out of lockdown. Earlier on Saturday, Professor Sam McConkey said the circulation of the virus in Ireland was now “very, very low”. “Many of the numbers we are seeing each day in Ireland are known contacts of other cases, so they are not unexpected cases.

Source: Irish Independent June 20, 2020 16:18 UTC