UL Ógra presents energy policy to Taoiseach

23^rd March 2007

At an environment workshop on Friday evening of the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis; members of the Con Colbert Cumann, nominee for best new/improved society, presented An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD with a policy paper on sustainable energy sources for the future. The policy was formulated during the national policy workshop held at UL on March 10^th. An Taoiseach was suitably impressed with the document and commended the initiative and hard work that went into formulating the ideas and compiling the policy document with those ideas in mind. Dick Roche TD, Minister for Environment and Local Government took an interest also and requested that a copy of the policy be emailed to him. Dr. JJ Leahy of the Environmental Science department at UL and other experts in the environmental field addressed this special Ógra environment workshop which gave plenty of food for thought.

It has been hinted that the General Election will be held on a Thursday to combat the falling turnout experienced since Friday voting was introduced in 1997. If this turns out to be the case; the Con Colbert Cumann would urge students to travel home instead of attending lectures. You can attend lectures any given week; a general election is not as frequent as the series of lectures we attend over the course of the academic year, and it is certainly important that you have your voice heard.

The policies announced by An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at the party’s Ard-Fheis show how committed Fianna Fáil is to serving the people of this country. Over the course of the next Dáil; Fianna Fáil in government; will if elected: deliver 100% more hospital consultants; 2000 extra Gardaí to patrol the streets ensuring among other things, that attacks on students returning from nightclubs and youth cafés are avoided and that drink drivers across the country are put off the road where they belong. Speaking of roads; networks across the country will be completed and the Western Rail Corridor from Ennis to Claremorris will re-open during the next 5 years as part of Fianna Fáil’s ambitious Transport21 plan.

You, and we in Fianna Fáil dream the same dream, we want the same thing. We want a country that will provide not just for us, but also for future generations. Fianna Fáil; having made Ireland the most successful nation in Europe, shares your ambition to make Ireland the most successful nation on the planet. The only thing that you need to do is give us that chance.

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