[roryisok]

I absolutely love Achill, it's stunning out there. I would love to live out there, if I knew I had reliable internet so I could work.

However, the €80k the government grant for doing up a derelict house is not going to very far. Ireland has always been one of the most expensive places in Europe, and the cost of living has steadily increased in the last 12 months.

In particular, building, renovating or extending homes has become prohibitively expensive because of a combination of labor shortage, rising materials costs and price gouging.

[wkat4242]

> I absolutely love Achill, it's stunning out there. I would love to live out there, if I knew I had reliable internet so I could work.

It's stunning yes. But also extremely remote. I just need new people and new impulses daily. But I guess it's not for me :)

[wkat4242]

Yes, especially on the "real" islands that are only accessible by boat, that money will not go very far. You'll have to pay to bring all the materials on the ferry, put up workers in a hotel etc...

[AtlasBarfed]

Starlink?

[wkat4242]

Yes starlink would probably perform admirably out there. It's in range of base stations for the downlink, and sparse population density to not stretch the bandwidth out too much between subscribers.

A lot of people out there wouldn't be heavy internet users either.