Emmet Oliver in The Irish Times reports that just 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster, a group of scientists, businessmen and academics have set up the Republic’s first campaign group in favour of nuclear energy. Nuclear power is against the law in Ireland, and they want to change that. “The nuclear debate in Ireland has [...]
Paul Brady wrote this song in 1985, and it has come back to haunt us. They say the skies of Lebanon are burning Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat They’re showing pictures on the television Women and children dying in the street Paul Brady: The Island Lyrics
I love the whole idea of electric cars. It makes so much sense. The Courreges Zooop EV is designed by two fashion designers, the famous husband and wife team of André and Coqueline Courrèges, and the thing is, it looks great, of course, but it also does 450k without a charge. Check out the article [...]
This is the 150th Anniversary of the birth of George Bernard Shaw. See the Wikipedia entry on Shaw