More masses could be said when religious services resume at the end of the month.
Priests will have to wear face masks when giving out communion and people won’t shake hands for the sign of peace as part of new guidelines.
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland Eamon Martin says they might say more mass to avoid too many people congregating.
"Perhaps we're asking our parish priests and our parish teams and our parish pastoral councils to look at this and say, 'look, how can we achieve a situation where as many people as possible who want to come to mass during the week can do so?'"
