A CLEVER NEW internet innovation in Ireland will allow family members unable to attend the funerals of loved ones to watch proceedings online. Members of the Irish diaspora and those in hospitals or nursing homes can now log into a live stream on the website Funerals Live, the brainchild of Alan Foudy, an entrepreneur from the village of Inagh, in County Clare. “With the approval of the relevant parish priest or family members, I provide live streamed footage and audio of funerals in the church and graveyard, respecting the sensitivity of the occasion, subject to the availability of broadband on location,” he said. Mr Foudy intends to employ up to 10 people over the next 18 months to help with the service, which provides a password-protected web link to the entire funeral proc