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SIXTY ECO-ACTIVISTS set up camp at Shannonbridge in west Offaly over the weekend for Ireland’s first climate camp, which runs until next Sunday.

The temporary camp is a focal point for activists to meet, learn and live in a sustainable environment, where electricity is generated by a wind turbine and solar panels and a dry composting toilet system has been erected.