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Reading the green parties announcement today saying Gormley predicts election will be fought on Green issues my first thought was well he would say that wouldn’t he.

The papers today have much on Nuclear. I wouldn’t say much as I have already put my thoughts on blog here. However a few points.

Since the dictum that “all politics is local” surely applies in Ireland, it’s worth keeping note of seemingly arcane issues that could present tricky problems for the Government in the election.  One is surely the closure of the sugar factories in Carlow and Mallow.  While the government has the safety net of being able to [...]

One of the interesting messages coming out of the PD conference is energy. In a survey that came out in last weeks Sunday Independent one of the big issues for Business people was energy. Also much of the discussion in the recent few weeks has been Nuclear power. Also in most of the recent polls [...]

Some interesting polling numbers into today’s Sunday Independent. They have polled business leaders about their opinions and this is the outcome

Having researched a bit about energy here and here in the last few days I thought I would comment about Fine Gael’s new energy plans. Firstly many people think that this is mearly a plan by Fine Gael to entice the Green Party to join them in the next coalition and it may well be. [...]

Previously I wrote that Nuclear is not the answer to Ireland’s energy needs. So what are the options Oil, Gas, renewables, hamsters in wheels. Both Oil and Gas are running out while we need to tap the Corrib Gas field as it can supply 60% of our gas supply that is still a temporary measure [...]

As Fianna Fáil tries to head Sinn Féin and their nationalist rhetoric off at the pass before the next General Election in the hope of retaining some votes, it’s almost impossible to avoid hearing and seeing the Government trying to stir up the electorate in order to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter [...]

Currently Ireland generates about 4.829 GW of electricity. Recently there has been a lot of talk about bringing Nueclar Energy into Ireland. Considering that an European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) the ones the Fins are installing at the moment can produce 1.6 GW of energy it would seems like a good idea. Also as many Nuclear [...]