John Gibbons: Saying nuclear power is better for the environment than solar is ludicrous 

The idea that intensive dairy farming is some kind of pastoral idyll with no impact on the environment has been allowed to take hold to the point that serious people are now suggesting nuclear reactors instead of solar

The State ambition on solar energy envisages solar farms generating at peak 8GW of energy by 2030.

For as long as I or anyone else can remember, Irish agriculture seems to have been in crisis.

Today, despite soaring food prices for Irish consumers, many farmers are unable to make a living from agriculture, the majority depending on off-farm income and generous taxpayer subsidies simply to stay afloat.