The Answer to War- Media/Lobby co-option of the Nuclear Issue.

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Thursday June 29, 2006 20:19

by Chris Murray - The Unmanageables

or Denis O Brien's Newstalk 106 takes on the issue of Nuclear Power in Ireland.

Professor Peter Mitchell of the UCD school of physics , provided
today a completetly risible excuse for the media -led campaign on
nuclear energy in this country. The campaign has been trundling on
at least since Feburary 16th of this year, though it gathered momentum on
June 1st with the press release from the Oireachtas Committee on
natural resources that the nuclear option is one that we should be examining.
According to Mitchell nuclear power generation in Ireland could
provide an answer to our offence at and opposition to war.

This could be achieved by buying the great powers weapons
that will no longer be in use, and burning them, "once ,twice
or three times". It is a capitalist solution to a capitalist problem.

It brings a whole new meaning to the idea of reduce, re-use and
re-cycle, doesn't it? The buying of depleted or unwanted plutonium from
hawk nations to re-use in Ireland as a source of energy.

On 16th Of feburary the SIB was launched, it is currently passing
through the committee stage in the houses of parliament.

'Core energy issues' are part of the remit of the legislation , which will
advance the issue of nuclear energy in the state.

On June first , the Oireachtas committee on natural resources
stated that the option of nuclear power had to be faced.

The OECD is supportive of a debate which is not emotive,
given that the issue of corruption and cronyism dominate
a government dedicated to advancing the wealth of the lobbies
by removing fundamental rights in relation to protest of the
community ,it is difficult to see how a mature and rational debate
on such a weighted issue can be carried out.

The discussion which occured on Newstalk 106 this evening
had two commentators, both pro-nuclear energy. It wasn't exactly
a rounded discussion.

BTW: Denis O Brien owns the biggest stake in newstalk 106. They are
going national soon, they started as an independent radio station.
(last seen, front row centre at Mr Haughey's funeral).

Part of independent media responsibility is to monitor the corporate
interests that drive the established media organisations.