A whopping 23,000 applications have been received for two unique summer jobs on Great Blasket Island, as RTÉ News reports.
Afloat.ie previously noted the huge response to the vacancies on the usually uninhabited Co Kerry island — for two people, a couple or friends, to run a coffee shop and accompanying cottage accommodation for the busy summer season stretching from April to October.
Now just 10 days after posting their job ad on social media, Alice Hayes and her partner Billy O’Connor say their email “is in meltdown” with applications from as far afield as Iran, Mexico and Argentina.
And the prospective caretakers come from all walks of life — including one “lovely” and “moving” application from an elderly couple.
RTÉ News has much more on the story HERE.