40 years after the Carnsore Point protests ended nuclear power generation as an option in Ireland, the climate crisis has put it back on the agenda again, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Many objections are being aired about the negative impact of the proliferating electricity pylons, considered necessary to expand our electricity grid, to accommodate the growing number of wind turbines. Further grid extensions to accommodate wind energy are also envisaged.

Denis Duff (Letters, May 29) believes we should at least consider nuclear energy as a potential source of power.

Councillors Dearey and Carr (Letters, May 24) take issue with your editorial of May 22 in which you suggest that it is time to consider nuclear power in Ireland.

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.