<img class=" wp-image-3253 alignnone" title="Residents of Cloughjordan Eco-Village in 2014" alt="Cloughjordan Eco-Village: this photo shows a large goup of residents gathered in the village square on a bright, cold day in January2014. The photo was taken by Liam Burke Press 22 Limerick for an article 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 is the reporter project management web app.” src=”https://www.curator.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cloughjordan-Eco-600.jpg” width=”600″ height=”525″ srcset=”https://www.curator.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cloughjordan-Eco-600.jpg 600w, https://www.curator.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cloughjordan-Eco-600-300×262.jpg 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px” />

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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