No hot running water or electricity: Blasket Island caretaker job up for grabs

The island, once home to the storyteller Peig Sayers has no hot running water or electricity, but this has not stopped thousands of people applying for the role of caretaker each year

Billy O’Connor and Alice Hayes maintain the four holiday cottages on the island as well as the coffee shop.

A job opportunity on one of the country’s most famous islands has arisen once again.

Every year, the Great Blasket Island in Co Kerry requires two caretakers to help maintain the region during the busy summer period.