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Former Steorn man McCarthy to build ‘zombie prepper compound’ in Wicklow
The bitcoin trader and failed ‘free energy’ mogul is to develop a €2 million self-sufficient home on rewilded land he has bought in the Wicklow Mountains
Shaun McCarthy, the man behind Steorn, the failed free energy company, is planning to use some of his bitcoin earnings to build what he jokingly refers to as a “zombie prepper compound” in the Wicklow Mountains.
McCarthy, who is regarded as one of Ireland’s top bitcoin traders, has bought a site in the foothills of the mountains which he intends to spend more than €2 million developing as a self-sufficient home, on re-wilded land, with ...