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PREM19/1290
Ireland (Anglo-Irish economic co-operation; supply of natural gas from Irish Republic field at Kinsale to Northern Ireland)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 209
Themes: Trade, Energy, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Northern Ireland

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Date Value Title
79 May 10 Th Major Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Jack Lynch) [Northern Ireland; economic matters] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 May 31 Th Major Ireland: Atkins PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish Economic Cooperation") [case for continuation; MT agrees, reluctantly] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jun 8 Mo Minor Ireland: Atkins PS letter to Lord Carrington PS ("Cooperation North") ["In view of the Anglo-Irish nature of... [its] work... attached note of a recent meeting"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Sep 7 Mo Major Ireland: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Ireland") ["attached paper about the economies of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 11 Th Major Ireland: Prior minute to MT ("Proposal for Supply of Natural Gas to Northern Ireland from Irish Republic") ["Agreement in principle has now been reached"; details] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 23 Tu Major Ireland: Lawson minute to MT ("Proposal for Supply of Natural Gas to Northern Ireland from Irish Republic") ["several areas of concern"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 30 Tu Major Ireland: Brittan letter to Prior (project to supply natural gas from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland) ["I have some reservations about this proposal"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Dec 13 Mo Major Ireland: Prior letter to Brittan (project to supply natural gas from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland) [Prior letter prompts MT query about unworked coal deposits in Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 16 Fr Major Ireland: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") [report on E(A) sub-committee discussion on future of the project] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 4 Tu Major Ireland: Prior minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") [contract; Heads of Agreement announcement] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 7 Fr Major Ireland: Prior PS letter to No.10 ("Supply of Kinsale Gas from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland") [Memo of Understanding: press release] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 7 Th Major Ireland: Prior minute to MT ("Proposals for Supply of Natural Gas to Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland") [future of the project] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 11 Mo Major Ireland: Howe minute to Prior ("Proposal for the Supply of Natural Gas to Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland") ["adverse effect cancellation... would have on Anglo/[I]rish relations"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Ireland: Prior minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") [options for future of project] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 25 Mo Major Ireland: Lord Cockfield minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") ["our minimum requirement for going ahead"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 28 Th Major Ireland: Howe minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") ["Simple cancellation would... damage Anglo-Irish relations"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 29 Fr Major Ireland: Rees minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") ["the scales have been tipped decisively against the project"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 2 Mo Major Ireland: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") [options for how to proceed with project] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 4 We Major Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation ("Kinsale Gas") [Adam Butler, Dick Spring: Spring "astounded" to be informed project no longer economically viable] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 10 Tu Major Ireland: Taoiseach FitzGerald letter to MT (Kinsale Gas project) [concern over UK decision to seek renegotiation of 1983 agreement; briefing for MT reply] [declassified Jan 2014]