Person: Michael Job Rossnagreana

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ESB needs to review its nuclear option

ESB chief executive Padraig McManus said recently that Ireland would need a nuclear power station because by 2035 our electricity demand would be 10,000 megawatts, a figure obtained by extrapolating past growth in electricity demand.

Better to pick our politicians out of a hat

US contempt for human rights

Nutrition experts given food for thought

Oil and water

We are guilty of a heinous crime against nature

Why subsidise biofuel motorists?

YOUR leader (November 19) makes the case for “encouraging biofuels”.

Fri, 23 Nov, 2007

‘Black Box’ in cars would make drivers behave

DEATHS and injuries from car crashes are a cause of grave concern, and so they should be. But the Road Safety Authority (RSA) prevents any progress in innovative and effective action by limiting campaigning to seat belts, speed limits and alcohol — uncontroversial measures which are already in place — and, in the case of cyclists and pedestrians, blaming the victim.

Wed, 19 Sep, 2007

How good is milk?

YOU report (August 28) how the ‘Milk is Good for You’ message is being trumpeted once again.

Tue, 11 Sep, 2007

Garda turban ruling is mindless authoritarianism

IT is a bad day for the reputation of Ireland and for the Garda Siochána when a Sikh is not allowed to wear a turban as part of his uniform.

Mon, 03 Sep, 2007

Drivers are at fault, not pedestrians

YOU report (August 29) on the huge numbers of prosecutions for driving offences, drivers who cheat prosecution and a website that details the lunatic behaviour of motorists.

Sat, 01 Sep, 2007

Ryan’s energy policy runs out of steam

ENERGY Minister Eamon Ryan (August 21) claims that “Ireland will become the world leader of Government-led renewable technology and energy conservation within five years.”

Fri, 24 Aug, 2007

Let’s get on the right track before roads become largely redundant

THE Government’s Transport 21 plan should be given credit for reversing the destruction of the railways, but you publish comments from Prof Seán Barrett’s ERSI paper unjustifiably attacking investment in rail (Irish Examiner, December 21).

Mon, 01 Jan, 2007

Why pay landowners for access every year?

THE Government is proposing to pay landowners €12m to €15m a year to allow access for walkers.

Fri, 22 Dec, 2006

Statistical nonsense goes into overdrive

YOU report that “a dramatic downturn in road deaths since the introduction of mandatory alcohol testing has resulted in the saving of 41 Irish lives” (Irish Examiner, December 9).

Mon, 18 Dec, 2006

Why we need more pubs in rural areas

IT’S been reported that 400 drivers are to be charged with drink-driving over the October bank holiday weekend.

Tue, 14 Nov, 2006

More benefits to road than aviation taxes

One of your correspondents asks why aviation fuel is tax-free (Irish Examiner letters, October 30).

Mon, 06 Nov, 2006

No time for Orwellian language on road safety

IT would be more accurate if your July 15 headline ‘How our roads are three times safer than 1980s’ read ‘three times less dangerous’.

Fri, 21 Jul, 2006

No comparison

BILL HURLEY (Irish Examiner letters, June 27) compares the treatment of Iraqi men captured by US soldiers with the treatment of US soldiers captured by Iraqi insurgents, asking “where’s the outrage?”

Fri, 30 Jun, 2006

Extremists on both sides of the vivisection debate

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has accused those opposed to animal testing as ‘extremists’ — but it is just as extreme to support all animal testing as it is to oppose it entirely.

Fri, 23 Jun, 2006

Tolls and taxes are the only way to save environment

YOUR editorial (Irish Examiner, May 30) endorsed the idea that global warming can be solved by preaching to people to make sacrifices.

Tue, 06 Jun, 2006

Biofuels’ energy ratings don’t add up

THE idea that subsidising motorists to burn biofuels will solve the problems of global warming, fossil fuel depletion, environmental destruction or any of the other problems caused by rampant traffic growth is a myth (Irish Examiner letters, April 26).

Fri, 28 Apr, 2006

Biofuels’ energy ratings don’t add up

Fri, 28 Apr, 2006

Why a state service is the healthier option

YOUR feature on private healthcare (‘Is private care the cure?’, Irish Examiner, June 20) poses the question: “If the State is unable to cope with demand for healthcare, what is the alternative to increased privatisation?”

Wed, 29 Jun, 2005