Judge gives green light to Tipperary wind farm

A proposed wind farm development in North Tipperary which had been challenged in the High Court by local residents and environmentalists, has been given the go-ahead by a judge.

Mr Justice Raymond Fullam said Edel Grace and Peter Sweetman had failed to present the court with a convincing explanation as to why they had not been involved in the planning decision process.

Craft artist Ms Grace and environmentalist Peter Sweetman had sought a judicial review of a decision of An Bord Pleanála in July last year to grant ESB Wind Development Ltd planning permission for the 16-turbine farm on the slopes of Keeper Hill in the Silver Mines Mountains.