Irish Examiner view: All energy options must be considered

Minister's position on nuclear power is refreshing

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has “not ruled out” the possibility of nuclear power. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Last January, just before the election campaign hit top gear Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar, independently and without any substantiating evidence, promised that the national herd would not be cut by edict. That assurance is, it appears, a real hostage to fortune as academics have pointed out that our environmental obligations and our policies designed to expand food production are in conflict. Something gotta give.    

For far too long opposition to nuclear power divided people in irrational ways