Meet Chloe, the manager of Inis Oirr | Focus on Europe

At 24, a young Irish woman is managing an entire island. Whether there are disputes to settle, the bank needs to be opened or tourists are arriving, the 345 inhabitants of Inis Oirr know that Chloe is up to the task.

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[magamagaaa]

Folks if you are ever on the fence about visiting these islands while in Ireland I promise you its an amazing part of Ireland.

[paulyoung]

Idyllic and such a mature thinking woman, a credit to her nation

[oorzuis]

bin on the Aran islands once 30 years ago one of the most remarkable days in my life.
love at first sight, remember the power of the ocean been marvelous.

[bobwerber]

I've been to Inisheer twice. Lyrical, beautiful, unforgettable place. Rock on Choe!

[declannash]

I love Inis Oirr, was there in 1992, no cars, 1 tractor, everyone got around on bike or on foot, hoping to get back again.

[WaffleCake-qd]

“Is there a man looking at you, with a t-shirt saying ‘I shot JR’?”
“Actually, there is.”
“Ah, you're here so!”

[olliestours]

Brilliant piece! Great to see her in charge of such an important role.

[SkinnyEMedia]

Keeping intact the Gaeltacht one step at a time! :)

[ITZHAH]

No better woman, Chloe's a strong leader, and strong enough to be gentle. I've known this since I've met her many years ago. It doesn't surprise me that she's been called to leadership, and I know Inis Oirr is in safe hands.

[ianodonoghue]

Chloe you sound like a legend. Fair play

[xyzpharaoh]

Incredible looks like paradise a little piece of heaven in a complicated world I wanted to live somewhere like that however I never got around to doing it

[TheAnthraxBiology]

The most amazing thing about Inis Oírr to me is that they've always managed to arbitrate disputes without much of a police presence. The police in Ireland were established by the British (the Peacekeeping Protection Force and later the RIC and DMP) as was a punitive justice system. Before that it was brehons and druids who would arbitrate disputes with conflict resolution instead of just trying to hunt and punish people as we do now. Community bonds discouraged crime too which are strong on the island. It's preserved a lot of Irish tradition!

[richardmurphy]

Beautiful island everyone is wonderful 👍 just great

[AgentPrimus]

3:20- very accurate of our government. They are VERY slow at making these sort of decisions at times

[carlagoncalves]

Well done Chloe you are nothing missing in anything "over here"

[MrHunick]

The narrator sounds so much like Jack Whitehall.😄

[MrJdsenior]

I can certainly see the draw of living on a place like that small island. Pluses and minuses, obviously.

[maxmartin]

Lived there for a few years….. your stress and worries just fade away after a while! You have to earn their trust. But, don’t go looking for a tan!!

[davidpower]

They may want to change their co-op centre WiFi code which was clearly visible in the report.

[liamanderson]

Great work. Does the young lady speak Irish