An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead for a giant, €80m windfarm near the north Tipperary village of Upperchurch in spite of widespread local opposition.

An Bord Pleanála has overruled its own planning inspector to give the green light to contentious plans for a giant €80m wind farm in North Tipperary, with turbines 25m taller than Dublin’s Spire.