Aran Islands residents disagree about reopening

Business owners say they have been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and welcome the return of visitors this week.Inis Mór is the largest of the three Aran islands with a population of around 800 people. To date there has been just one confirmed case of Covid-19, and the island's GP, Dr Marion Broderick, said she wants to keep it that way.

"There'll be a lot of people under pressure if they don't make some money because there'll be nothing else until next year." "If Covid got in here it would be wiped out. Like myself, there are a lot of elderly people here with underlying health issues, and many have not left the island since January."

"You have to make a living. You have to get on with it. It's the new tourism. It's the new life. Everyone has to get on living. If you can afford to stay wrapped up in cotton wool that's fine, but I can't,'' she said.

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