The Big Tech Show: It’s Time to Go Nuclear in Ireland

The Big Tech Show: It’s time to go nuclear in Ireland

Is Ireland looking at nuclear energy? Why do we need it? And how safe is it?

Carnsore Point: Ireland Goes Nuclear

In 1977 Fianna Fáil Minister for Industry and Commerce, Desmond O’Malley, announced the government’s intention to build a nuclear power reactor at Carnsore Point, where the Irish Sea meets the southern Atlantic. Members of Cork Friends of the Earth, along with other groups and individuals, decided to oppose the idea. Four rallies by opponents of nuclear power took place each August at Carnsore Point in Co. Wexford from 1978 until 1981. I attende…