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Commissioned by Irish Independent ‘Weekend’ Editor Katie Byrne, ‘On the edge of Utopia’ examines the life of Eco-Villagers in Cloughjordan in County Tipperary. Since the crash of 2007 this community has defied the odds and built the Cloughjordan Eco-Village, a template for sustainable living in rural Ireland. Ciarán Walsh examines how they are getting on.

In all good newsagents and online on Saturday 2 February 2014.

 

Photo by

Liam Burke, Press 22, Limerick