Madam, - Now that the ESB and Bord Gáis have shocked us out of our complacency, can we finally grow up and plan for our own nuclear energy supply? We are at the end of an uncertain supply line of gas and oil which can be switched off abruptly. If Eastern Europe sneezes, Ireland freezes.
We had better make our minds up soon as it takes about 14 years for a nuclear plant to be up and running. Does the present world look like a stable and reliable supplier of energy to a tiny state at the edge of the Atlantic? - Yours, etc,
TIM COSTELLO,
Granville Road,
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Dun Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.