If a demanding job on a tiny island with no electricity, wifi or hot showers but lots of wind sounds tempting, join the queue.
An advert for two caretakers to manage accommodation and a cafe on Great Blasket island, off Ireland's Atlantic coast, has drawn queries from Alaska to South Africa.
The posts, which run from 1 April to 1 October this year, include free accommodation and food and spectacular views off Ireland’s most westerly point.
It’s intense and tough but it’s a very unique position,” Alice Hayes, who placed the advert, told RTE on Tuesday. “It’s back to basics – fires, candles, stoves, wildlife and nature.” The ideal candidates had to get on well so the job would suit two friends or a couple, and they had to be fit, personable and chatty, she said. “No day is ever the same.”
The caretakers will have to run three cottages, accommodating up to 21 people, and serve tea, coffee and snacks to visitors. Water is boiled in whistling kettles on gas hobs. A small wind turbine generates enough electricity to charge a phone. “So you are not completely cut off,” said Hayes. She did not disclose the wages.