Minister upbeat over Sellafield ruling

The Minister for the Environment says a ruling by the European Court of Justice makes it easier for Ireland to pursue its goal of closing Sellafield.

The court says the Government acted illegally by taking a case against the nuclear facility to the UN.

But the Government says the decision now puts the onus on the European justice system to deal with matters like Sellafield.

And Minister Dick Roche said: "We'll be on much more familiar ground when we take the case to the EU."

“What this case has done is that it's made European Law,” the Minister said today.

“It actually makes it very clear that the European Court of Justice can adjudicate in a case like this, and we’ll be on much firmer ground now.”