Person: David Sowby

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Irish Sea is safe and so is nuclear power

Dr Edward Horgan says (Letters, Oct 25) that “the Irish Sea is one of the most nuclear-polluted, because of the number of nuclear power stations and facilities on its English, Welsh and Scottish coastlines, and because its partial enclosure leads to a build-up of pollutants.”

Let’s go nuclear now

Ending celibacy vow

Getting figures wrong on TD numbers

Too many TDs

Our new confederation

Wind power just a load of hot air

IT is an unfortunate fact of nature that during periods of cold weather, such as the one we are currently enduring, there tends to be little wind. At the same time there’s an increased demand for electricity.

Sat, 04 Dec, 2010

Radon test is vital for all homeowners

AS a former scientific secretary of the International Commission on Radiological Protection I am concerned at the very high levels of radon found in some parts of the country (September 17).

Tue, 21 Sep, 2010

Energy myths

IN his letter (September 13), Michael Job says, perceptively, that opposition to the Corrib gas pipeline, like opposition to nuclear power and wind farms, seems to be based on ignorance, superstition and mythology.

Wed, 15 Sep, 2010

Consider the nuclear option

IN your editorial about water shortages (July 26) you raise percipient points to do with three linked looming problems: the need to provide additional water, energy independence and a stimulus to the economy.

Wed, 28 Jul, 2010

Electric transport brings the nuclear option into play

YOU have written (March 27) that Ireland’s electric vehicles (EVs) will require additional sources of power.

Wed, 07 Apr, 2010

Mossad unlikely to carry tennis rackets

IT was good to read some sense about the Mahmoud al-Mabhouh affair (Steven King, March 3).

Wed, 10 Mar, 2010

Opposition to the nuclear option not based on logic

THE recent report on the World Energy Outlook for 2009 from the OECD’s International Energy Agency highlighted the need for greater energy efficiency and “green growth” – including nuclear as well as renewable energy.

Mon, 19 Oct, 2009

Nuclear solution

JOHN SWEENEY of NUI Maynooth warns us of the impending shortage of water, especially on the east coast (April 28).

Tue, 05 May, 2009

Nuclear option

IN your editorial of (October 21) you say “we cannot defer for a moment longer any measures that might make us less dependent on imported energy.”

Fri, 07 Nov, 2008

Dirty word

IN his letter (September 15), Jason Fitzharris quite rightly encourages Fianna Fáil to make Ireland a member of CERN — the European organisation for nuclear research.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2008

Nuclear fearwas very real

I AM saddened that David Sowby (May 5) felt the need to sneer at my expressions of fear during the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear accident.

Mon, 09 Jun, 2008

What’s it all about? Read the booklet

IAN HARTLEY (Letters, April 29) asks “what’s it all about?” and then goes on to assert that people do not understand what they are voting on. This demonstrates clearly that a referendum is a dubious method of deciding a complex issue.

Fri, 16 May, 2008

Shock tactics

WHAT a contrast between the factual, objective letter from Pat Swords (April 24) on the reality of the situation in Ukraine and the misleading whinge from Dónal de Róiste whose letter (April 24) was a deliberate attempt to make people’s flesh creep, but it certainly was not based on fact.

Mon, 05 May, 2008

Going nuclear

IN recent weeks a number of editorials, articles and letters have been published in newspapers, including the Irish Examiner, on the nuclear debate.

Mon, 28 Jan, 2008

First steps in battle against global warming

YOU suggested (Editorial, December 4) that some people would charge Finance Minister Brian Cowen with over-reacting if he introduced measures aimed at reducing our contribution to global warming.

Fri, 07 Dec, 2007

Energy policy failure

ONCE again you have hit the energy nail firmly on the head (Editorial, October 17). As you point out, we are a small, peripheral country utterly dependent on imported oil and gas to meet our energy needs.

Wed, 24 Oct, 2007

Matters of fact

LIAM PLANTE (Letters, October 1) says Fr Con McGillicuddy (Letters, September 17) was ridiculed by his critics. As one of those who wrote (Septemner 20) about his letter, may I say that I merely pointed out several factual errors in Fr Con’s argument, which I felt detracted from his line of reasoning.

Thu, 04 Oct, 2007

N-power uranium is not in short supply

IN his letter (September 22), Dr Philip Michael was selective in quoting from the joint report of the OECD and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to criticise statements made by Dr Philip Walton at the recent peak oil and gas conference in Cork.

Wed, 26 Sep, 2007

Tide turns against idea of a caring creator

IF Fr Con McGillicuddy wishes to present “simple but cogent arguments” for the existence of an all-powerful designer, he’ll have to do better than his homily (Letters, September 17) in which he asserts that the earth has been journeying around the sun every 365½ days for millions of years.

Thu, 20 Sep, 2007

Hereditary disease is largely undiagnosed

I WOULD like to support Kate Hyde’s plea for the need to educate the public on the different types of diabetes (Letters, Sept 8).

Tue, 11 Sep, 2007

Cost of land, not houses, is falling

WHY do the media persist in saying house prices are falling? This statement is nonsense, as anyone building a house knows.

Thu, 06 Sep, 2007

Missing the point

IT seems David Sowby (Irish Examiner letters, March 28) missed my point in relation to the RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday Miscellany programme (Letters, March 26).

Mon, 02 Apr, 2007

Sticking to the script

OLIVER McGRANE wonders (Irish Examiner letters, March 26) why Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1 suffers from over-commissioning of certain contributors.

Wed, 28 Mar, 2007

Global warming and the case for nuclear energy

THE first part of the fourth report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published on February 3, states with 90% certainty that global warming is anthropogenic and if we humans continue in a ‘business as usual’ manner, the consequences are likely to be apparent during this century and will be serious, if not catastrophic.

Tue, 13 Feb, 2007

New group campaigns for nuclear power plant

A NEW campaign group of scientists, businessmen and academics yesterday called on the Government to open the way for a nuclear energy station in Ireland.

Sat, 29 Jul, 2006

Plane talking

A MIRACLE is “an extraordinary event attributed to some supernatural agency”.

Fri, 05 Aug, 2005