‘We try to put applicants off’: couple chosen as live-in caretakers on uninhabited Irish island

Recently married couple selected to look after Great Blasket, the largest island on Europe’s most westerly archipelago

A young couple in search of a new chapter in their lives are swapping creature comforts for life on an otherwise uninhabited island off the coast of Ireland with no hot water, stable electricity or cars.

Camille Rosenfeld, from Minnesota in the US, and James Hayes, from Tralee in County Kerry, have been chosen to be this year’s live-in caretakers of Great Blasket, the largest island of the most westerly archipelago in Europe.

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