Ireland will pay you $92,000 to move to remote islands cut off by tides

A photograph taken on January 31, 2023 shows the fisherman's cottage used in the film "The Banshees of Inisherin", on Keem beach, on the Achill Island, off the west coast of Ireland. (Credit: Paul Faith/AFP)

For anyone thinking about escaping the rat race and settling into a quieter way of life, Ireland is willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to help make it happen.

The Irish government’s “ambitious” plans to rejuvenate sparsely populated islands dotted along its coast were unveiled by Heather Humphreys, Minister for Rural and Community Development, earlier this month, and will go live on July 1.