Couple paid to move to stunning uninhabited island – but there's a catch

A lucky couple have been paid to move to a stunning uninhabitedisland– but the move comes with conditions.

Every year thousands of people apply to be caretakers ofGreat Blasket Island, a beautiful Atlantic island off Dunquin, near Dingle,the Republic of Ireland, which has been uninhabited since 1953.

This year Aisling Costello and her partner Conor Jones, from Kilkenny, Island, are the caretakers of Great Blasket Island,.

The couple's duties will include overseeing three holiday cottages, cleaning and painting, looking after overnight guests, and serving tea and coffee. On top of this, they will need to stay on top of the "day-to-day runnings" of the island.

But there are two rather big catches – there is little electricity and no hot water.

Despite the absence of permanent residents, the caretakers will be kept busy as the job advert made a point of highlighting the "intense" nature of the role.

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Aisling and Conor have already moved to Great Blasket and are likely to stay until the tourist season finishes, which could be mid-October depending on the weather.

Aisling said her friends think they are "mad" but is looking forward to the challenge.

Source: Daily Express :: World Feed