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Infographic reveals 30 private islands up for sale

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Venice Island up for grabs at a cool 9.6m ($15m) with easy access to Venice and its luxurious lifestyles John Lennon used to own Dorinish Island, now known as 'Beatle Island' available for 240,290 ($376,000) CEO of privateislands.com describes owning as a 'unique lifestyle that not everyone is cut out for'

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Published: 07:52 EST, 19 November 2014 | Updated: 21:05 EST, 19 November 2014

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If you're on the lookout for your next property venture then why not consult the 'islands for sale' list?

Private islands are available from as nearby to the Isle of Man as Ireland, to as far away as Australia.

The idea of owning your own private islands seems like a luxury most of us can only dream of, but some are actually more affordable than you might think, while some may well indeed remain a dream.

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Islanders reject ministerial move to resolve funding cuts row

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Mary Heanue, Inis Turk; John Walsh, Bere Island; Simon Murray, Inis Boffin; Aisling Moran, Sherkin Island and Mairtin O Mealid, Cape Clear met to discuss a move by two government departments to temporarily avert funding cuts for development offices. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

English-speaking island communities say they are not one bit happy with a move by two government departments to temporarily avert funding cuts for development offices.

Representatives from nine offshore islands, who had to organise boat trips and bed nights in Dublin to make their case, said that a promise by two ministers today to extend funding for three months of next year was a sop and insufficient.

Some hours before the islanders press conference, Minister of State for the Gaeltacht Joe McHugh announced that funding for non-Gaeltacht islands would continue to the end of March 2015.

He promised that in the meantime, both his department and the Department of Environment would examine ways of supporting the continuation of these vital island structures and services.

The islands have called on Minister for Environment Alan Kelly to provide core investment under a dedicated islands development programme which would secure vital services, such as educational training and childcare, waste management, management community buildings, festivals and tourism projects.

Inishbofin off Co Galway, Inishturk and Clare Island off Co Mayo, and the Cork islands of Bere, Sherkin, Dursey, Whiddy, Long and Heir are the main communities affected by the funding cut this December.

The island development programme put in place by a Fine Gael-led coalition government from the mid-1990s was discontinued in 2009.

A 1996 interdepartmental report on islands chaired by former Fine Gael junior minister Donal Carey had identified the Leader programme as the mechanism for supporting the programme.

Since 2009, English and Irish-speaking islands have availed of separate funding streams.

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Canary Islands named best value winter sun destination for Brits

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Islands of Fuerteventura and Tenerife have cheapest in-resort costs For a family of four, a week-long trip to the Canaries comes in at 525 Caribbean ranks among the priciest with trips costing up to 3,952

By Katie Amey for MailOnline

Published: 07:45 EST, 19 November 2014 | Updated: 09:21 EST, 19 November 2014

For a winter break on a budget, British holidaymakers should look no further than the Canaries.

The islands of Fuerteventura and Tenerife have the cheapest in-resort costs for Britons while Caribbean hotspots Turks and Caicos and Barbados rank among the priciest destinations, a study says.

For a family of four, the cost of a week-long trip could amount to just 525 in Fuerteventura and 574 in Tenerife.

For a budget-friendly holiday in the sun, look no further than the Canary Islands (pictured: Fuerteventura)

Tenerife is another popular winter destination for Britons (pictured: Beach Las Vistas in Los Cristianos)

The TripAdvisor survey analysed the cost of rented accommodation, car hire, dinner at a restaurant and basic groceries at 29 destinations.

While the Canaries proved wallet-friendly, Caribbean favourites such as Turks and Caicos and Barbados can cost up to as much as 3,952 and 2,095, respectively.

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Western off-shore islands fight loss of community funding

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Ferry arriving at Sherkin Island. Photograph: David Sleator

Inhabitants of nine off-shore islands in the west are concerned at news that funding of their five community development companies will be stopped at the end of the year by the Department of the Environment.

The threatened community development offices deliver a wide range of supports and services on the non-Gaeltacht islands addressing disadvantage, social exclusion and isolation. They provide hubs of social and community activity on the islands.

Impacted islands are Inishbofin, Inishturk, Whiddy, Heir, Sherkin, Dursey, Bere, Long and Clare Island.

John Orpen, the vice chair of the West Cork Islands Community Council, said the end to funding will mean the collapse of a wide range of programmes, activities and initiatives.

Funding enables the Community Development Company offices to provide supports and services to all islanders. For example, the funding gives us the capacity to organise educational training courses, run programmes like childcare services, island waste management, island festivals, tourism projects; manage community buildings and provide representation for the islands.

Finbarr Harrington of the Cork County Community and Voluntary Forum says the viability of island communities depends on the work of development officers. We really need to ringfence this funding as a matter of urgency. All of the islands depend on tourism for their survival.

Tim OLeary from West Cork Islands says the community offices have become the heartbeat of the islands.

The islanders have come to rely on the offices to drive initiatives and programmes on their behalf. If the funding is pulled on December 31st, these services will go into terminal decline, resulting in a hugely negative impact on island life.

The five island community development companies are managed by voluntary committees who, through the community offices, employ staff to deliver a range of frontline services across the nine islands. The funding is to 600,000 a year.

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Islanders warn of terminal decline as funds services axed

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Communities on nine non-Gaeltacht islands have expressed concern at the news that the Department of the Environment, Community, and Local Government is to terminate funding to their five community development company offices from the end of next month.

The development offices deliver supports and services on the islands, addressing disadvantage, social exclusion, and isolation, and provide social and community activity.

The impacted islands are Inishbofin, Heir, Inisturk, Whiddy, Sherkin, Dursey, Bere, Long, and Clare Island.

John Orpen, vice-chair of the West Cork Islands Community Council, said the withdrawal of this funding will mean the collapse of a wide range of programmes, activities and initiatives on the islands.

Current funding enables the community development company offices to provide supports and services to all islanders, said Mr Orpen. For example, the funding gives us the capacity to organise educational training courses, run programmes like childcare services, island waste management, island festivals, tourism projects, manage community buildings, and provide representation for the islands.

Finbarr Harrington of the Cork County Community and Voluntary Forum says the viability of island communities depends on the work of development officers.

We really need to ring-fence this funding as a matter of urgency. All of the islands depend on tourism for their survival, said Mr Harrington.

Tim OLeary from the West Cork Islands says the offices have become the heartbeat of the islands.

The islanders have come to rely on the offices to drive initiatives and programmes on their behalf, he said. If the funding is pulled on December 31, these services will go into terminal decline, resulting in a hugely negative impact on island life.

The five island community development companies are managed by local voluntary committees, who through the community offices employ staff to deliver frontline services.

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Greece vs Faroe Islands 14.11.14 | Euro 2016 Qualifications Football Match Preview – Video

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