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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.
"In ruling that Tony Blair's
decision to support the construction of new nuclear power stations
was 'legally flawed', the British High Court has significantly
weakened the case of the nuclear lobby in the UK and elsewhere.
"The Green Party welcomes a full
and proper debate about nuclear power in Ireland. We are confident
that policies which support renewable energy and energy efficiency
improvements are key to the securing of an affordable and safe
energy supply.
"Today's court decision supports
what we have long argued: nuclear power is neither economically
viable nor environmentally acceptable," concluded Deputy Cuffe.
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