A glimpse inside Ireland’s most isolated jobs

EVER TIRE of working elbow-to-elbow in a cramped work-space? Ever wince as you swipe your work-card at the start of another day, while pondering the reality of being just another cog in the wheel? 

Work doesn’t have to be like that. It can take you far from the madding crowd — if that’s where you want to be. For some that’s a lighthouse or a soul-soothing island. For others it’s a funeral parlour, or an online poker battle or twelve played from the silence of a home office built for one. For a glimpse of what working in isolated circumstances can mean, read on.

Tux Tweedy, Last principal lighthouse keeper and current attendant at Hook Head