A family that took a similar grant elected to stay recently: https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2023/0531/1386545-aran-islands/ https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2

A family that took a similar grant elected to stay recently: https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2023/0531/1386545-aran-islands/ https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2023/0531/1386545-aran-isla... It makes an island sound like a start-up - it's a smaller community with fewer resident experts, so all the skills a person brings are potentially valuable.