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- February-June 1978 (dates of originals) (Creation)
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Simon Dalby was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the University of Victoria, Canada (MA) and holds a PhD from Simon Fraser University of British Columbia, Canada. He was Professor of Geography, Environmental Studies and Political Economy at Carleton University in Ottawa until 2012, when he joined Wilfrid Laurier University’s Balsillie School of International Affairs as professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. His research interests include climate change, environmental security and geopolitics, on which topics he has published extensively.
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Letter from the Dublin Quaker Peace Committee (DQPC) to [the Minister for Energy] seeking a public enquiry into the introduction of nuclear power to Ireland. Attached to the letter are a press release dated 24 March 1978 from the DQPC and a related joint representation from 13 organisations seeking an early meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to submit proposal for Irish action at the UN Special Session on Disarmament; press release dated 4 June 1978 announcing the lodgement by DQPC of a formal objection with Wexford Council to the ESB’s planning application for a nuclear power station; and a letter dated 1 June 1978 from Wexford County Council acknowledging receipt of the objection. All items are photocopies.
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- English