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Sarkozy: �Help poor countries go nuclear in energy crisis�

By Greg Keller, Paris
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
POOR countries should be helped to build their own nuclear power stations to help fight climate change, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday.
His vision won over international energy officials from India to Brussels, and French executives eager to market their expertise abroad, at a Paris conference. But some experts said Mr Sarkozy’s push was opening the door to risks of deadly technology getting into the wrong hands, and warned consumers to pay attention to the staggering price tag of potential nuclear energy growth – up to £2.6 trillion worldwide by 2050.

Cape Clear Island News

This Week:

Interisland Agency, Public Meeting;

First Aid and Sea Survival courses April.

Holistic Health Directory, 9th March 2010

Holistic Health Directory, 9th March 2010

Yoga and Martial Arts for Children
YogiChild is dedicated to the physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual growth of children, their parents and carers.
Date:          Mondays starting 8th March
Venue:       Kinsale Yoga Centre
Contact:     YogiCho (Simon) 085 1691304, YogiCho@eircom.net

Macrobiotic Cookery Courses
Wholefood Cooking Classes - 6 Weeks - Course No.2

Maritime Safety Training

Traenáil Sábháilteachta Mara
The following courses have been arranged to take place during the Easter School Holidays to facilitate both students and adults who require them.
First Aid for Seafarers – On

Independent group set up to investigate child deaths

By Noel Baker and Dan Collins
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
THE Government has established an independent group to investigate child deaths following the leaked publication of a report into the death of teenager Tracey Fay.
Last night, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Barry Andrews said there was "no cover-up" of the Tracey Fay report. The panel will include Norah Gibbons of Barnardos and child law expert Geoffrey Shannon.

List of Head Shop Products Banned

Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy John Curran T.D. welcomes decision to ban products sold in Headshops

Leagan Gaeilge thíos/Irish version below

Press Release 3 March 2010

Products known as Spice, Charge+, Snow Blow, White Ice, Magic, Liquid Ecstasy, BZP Derivatives and Mephedrone are all to be banned by June according to Minister of State John Curran T.D.

Another Irish eagle poisoned

(birdwatchireland)

The recent death of a Golden Eagle has once again highlighted the serious threat posed by the reckless misuse of poisons to our fragile bird of prey populations, as well as to the wider environment. A Golden Eagle corpse was recovered on the 18th February 2010 on the Sligo/Leitrim border at Truskmore Mountain. Analysis revealed that the bird had died as a result of feeding on a

Glaucoma - the silent eye disease - to affect 80 million people globally by 2020

Glaucoma - the silent eye disease - to affect 80 million people globally by 2020

Leading eye health groups have joined forces and called for greater awareness of Glaucoma - as the prevalence of the eye condition in Ireland is expected
to rise as the number of older people increases.

Launching World Glaucoma Week in Ireland the groups said that glaucoma is a silent disease as there are no symptoms in the early stages and worryingly,
around half of those living with glaucoma do not realise they have it.

A weapon against half the world

Julie Bindel
Published 05 March 2010
(newstatesman.com)
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, Julie Bindel calls for a global movement against sexual violence.

Inside the walls of a coastal town in Morocco, several women crouch at the roadside selling bunches of herbs. One of the women catches my eye. She is nursing a baby but looks at least 60 years old. I try to see her as a woman with whom I share substantive experience. I have no children; I am not poor. As a lesbian, I do not require access to safe contraception. I do not need to worry about my rights as a married woman. Yet there is one thing that all women share - something that shapes our lives and partly determines the way we live and the choices we make - that is, the threat and reality of sexual violence.

ardtalk - BBC Interview with Mary Coughlan

I would recommend to everybody who delights in 'spindoctoring' to watch these youtube uploads of Hardtalk!