Greens welcome UK Greenpeace ruling

The Green Party welcomed the positive outcome of Greenpeace's legal challenge against the UK government and said it would strengthen the anti-nuclear lobby in Ireland.

Green Party Environment spokesperson Ciarán Cuffe TD said: "I congratulate Greenpeace on taking this case. Their success has demonstrated that the UK government's decision to favour the construction of new nuclear plants was reliant on incomplete economics and a downgraded assessment of the huge problems of managing radioactive waste.