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Photocopy of Larry Arnold, ‘Tomorrow’s Disaster at Three Mile Island’, Harrisburg the Monthly News Magazine, August 1978, p. 9.

Report on Energy and the Future Seminar held at Belfield in 1974, entitled Energy and the Future, written by M. B. Donovan. Also two papers, Future Energy Patterns and Their Implications for the Irish Economy by C. T. G. Dillon and Electricity Supply Board by S. Tinney, delivered at the same seminar.

Assorted loose press cuttings and photocopies of press cuttings from the Cork Examiner, Hibernia, Irish Independent, Irish Times, People, RTÉ Guide, Sunday Press, Sunday Tribune, Wexford People and unidentified newspapers. Topics include economic development in Ireland; the Harrisburg nuclear reactor accident; the film The China Syndrome; proposal to build a tunnel under the Lee River; alternative energy sources; prospects for nuclear power in Ireland; proposal to build a nuclear power station at Carnsore Point; activities of the Irish anti-nuclear groups; uranium mining; radiation hazards; Wood Quay; planning procedures; anti-nuclear stance of the Socialist Labour Party; the proportional representation system of voting in Ireland; the 1992-2001 Strategic Plan for Cork, and the 1992 Earth Summit. Also obituaries and assorted articles on ephemeral subjects. Also a set of press cuttings and cartoons attached to a brochure entitled Face the Facts with a compliment slip of the Dublin West County Anti-Nuclear Group. In three folders.

Fact sheet advertising the Cork City and County meeting of the Anti-Nuclear Movement in Cork on 30 September 1978, with a map and directions to the venue on the reverse.

Statement by Limerick Anti-Nuclear Group on the proposed delegate structure of the [first] mass meeting to be held in Tralee on 1 December 1979. Two copies, of which one contains handwritten amendments.

Brochure promoting the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration Days 6-9 August [1980], with a programme of events and an application form for membership of Cork CND.

Document entitled ‘Legal Notes’, providing advice on what action to take when confronted by the Gardai.

Photocopy of a letter from David L. Byers, Chairman, FOE, 17 Arbutus Place, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, to an unidentified recipient, outlining the group’s objections to the proposed power station at Carnsore Point.

Items clipped together with a note ‘Initial FOE organisation discussion documents Dublin Spring 1978’. The items include discussion documents outlining FOE policy and organisation; lyrics to a song entitled ‘Don’t Miss the Point’ by FOE to be circulated at a rock [?] festival to promote the anti-nuclear rally at Carnsore Point in Wexford 18-20 August; handwritten notes on suggested slogans for Carnsore; letter dated 29 November 1977 from R. [‘Bob’] Blackith providing advice on forming an [anti-nuclear] group; list of names and addresses of individuals interested in the formation of an Irish anti-nuclear group; report of a meeting held in Dublin on January 1977 in relation to the formation of an Irish branch of FOE; and a questionnaire seeking information from prospective members, including their contact details, occupation, skills they have that might be useful to FOE, and activities they would like to get involved in.

Fact sheets highlighting the dangers of asbestos and the struggle of the workers at Raybestos Manhattan to file claims for compensation for damage to health.