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Mon 04 Apr 2007PITCHING IN: eco-villagers in Tipperary turn sod for infrastructure worksMembers of Ireland's first "eco-village" marked International Earth Day yesterday by turning the first sod for site works at the 67-acre farm they acquired for the project in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary.The event was the latest milestone in the eco-village's development, which was first proposed in 1999.