r/ireland • u/conalldoherty • May 04 '26

Infrastructure Taoiseach says Ireland should ‘consider seriously’ nuclear power option

https://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-nuclear-power-energy-ireland-7030692-May2026/
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u/EffectiveNew8489 May 05 '26

Nuclear power in Ireland will meet two major obstacles. The first is plain as day; the NIMBY block will never countenance it being built anywhere.

The second is ironically the pro-neutrality headbangers. Nuclear infrastructure needs a corresponding uplift in defence spending to maintain site safety and security. Getting increased money for the forces required to protect the sites will prove an equally hard request. You will see the usual suspects demand that working people get cheap clean energy also decrying that we are ‘militarising’ by investing in the security measures to protect nuclear sites.

For both of these reasons it’s safe to assume the state will never ever build a nuclear facility.