Pro hockey player and yoga teacher arrive at Great Blasket Island for caretaker roles

A pro ice hockey player and a yoga teacher have been chosen to look after the island for the next six months, fending off the challenge of 100,000 other applicants to land the coveted job

Brock Montgomery, 29, from Moose Jaw, Canada, and Claire de Haas from Alkmaar, the Netherlands, have arrived on the Great Blasket Island for their caretaking position.

The new caretakers of Great Blasket Island have arrived after beating the other 100,000 applicants to land the coveted jobs.

A well-known former professional Canadian ice hockey player and his Dutch partner have taken on the new challenge as caretakers for the next six months.