Ahern ‘totally opposed’ to nuclear power

NUCLEAR energy for Ireland was firmly ruled out yesterday as Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said he was completely opposed to the possibility.

Speaking after an address to a conference of engineers in Dublin yesterday, Mr Ahern said he had never believed in the use of nuclear energy for Ireland.

"I have never believed in the merits of it, from an environmental point of view and from an energy point of view," he said.