TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lists of illustrations page vii
Acknowledgements viii
List of abbreviations x
Glossary xii
Introduction 1
Part I: The Corrib gas project 7
1 Politics and pipelines: emergence of the Corrib gas conflict 9
2 Resistance grows 27
Part II: History of Ireland’s oil and gas experience 45
3 What gas and oil? The early days of the Irish regime (1957–75) 47
4 Unravelling of Keating’s plans (1976–99) 62
5 A new millennium, a new approach (2000–14) 78
Part III: Ireland in a global context 97
6 Global trends in state resource management 99
7 Ireland’s licensing regime in an international context 117
8 Norway and Ireland: too different to compare? 130
Part IV: Ireland’s approach – analysis, consequences and alternatives 159
9 Understanding the Irish state’s approach 161
10 Consent, coercion and consequences of the Corrib gas conflict 187
11 Back to the future? Towards a new model for Ireland 195
Bibliography 212
Index 230