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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, formerly of Steorn and crypto trader at his land near Aughrim, Co Wicklow: bought a site in the foothills of the Wicklow mountains which he intends to spend more than €2 million developing as a self-sufficient home. Picture: Bryan Meade

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 ...