Ireland To Move All Of Its Oil Out Of The U.K. 'For National Security Reasons'

OilPrice.com: Ireland To Move All Its Oil Reserves Out Of The UK

The Irish government is expected to agree this week on a plan to move all of the Republic’s oil reserves out of the UK as Ireland steps up its preparations for Brexit, Ireland’s Sunday Independent reported.

Under the plan, seen as one of the most significant Brexit decisions for Ireland so far, Ireland will transfer the nearly 200,000 tons of oil out of British refineries and back into Ireland or other EU member states, as the UK is preparing to leave the European Union bloc.

According to Sunday Independent, the oil would be moved out of the UK “for national security reasons.”

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WNU Editor: I guess Ireland has made the decision that Brexit will occur.

Another Milestone In Anglo-Irish Relations

The Bravest Thing She's Ever Done: Queen Shakes Hands (In Private And Public) With McGuinness - The Man Who Headed Terror Army That Murdered Her Cousin Mountbatten -- Daily Mail

* Today's meeting with the former IRA commander heralds another milestone in Anglo-Irish relations
* They shook hands behind closed doors in Belfast theatre and once again in front of world's cameras
* As he held the monarch's hands, Mr McGuinness spoke to the Queen in Irish and told her the words meant: 'Goodbye and God's speed'
* David Cameron said the handshake 'has taken relations between the two countries to a new level'
* Queen is also visiting the city's Titanic exhibition and will attend an open-air party involving 20,000 locals at Stormont

Anglo-Irish relations took a momentous step forward today when the Queen shook hands with Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness - twice.

Belfast was the scene for the historic encounter between the former IRA commander - now Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister - and the Queen, which would have been unthinkable a little over ten years ago.

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My Comment: The bitterness will take generations to overcome .... but this is a start.

British Government To Pay Compensation To Bloody Sunday Families

The panel found all 14 who died (above) and the others who were injured almost four decades ago had been unarmed and were completely innocent

MoD To Compensate Bloody Sunday Victim Families -- The Telegraph

The Ministry of Defence is preparing to pay compensation to relatives of those killed or injured by soldiers on Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.

Fourteen people died after paratroopers opened fire in January 1972 during a civil rights protest in Londonderry.

Prime Minister David Cameron has already apologised to victims and said the shootings were wrong.

An MoD spokesman said: "We acknowledge the pain felt by these families for nearly 40 years, and that members of the armed forces acted wrongly. For that, the Government is deeply sorry.

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More News On Compensation To "Bloody Sunday" Families

Families of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Victims to be Compensated -- New York Times
Government to pay compensation to Bloody Sunday families -- BBC
Bloody Sunday victims' families to receive MoD compensation -- The Guardian
Britain to offer payments to victims of 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland -- Washington Post
Government to compensate Bloody Sunday families -- AFP
British Military Finally Ready to Compensate Bloody Sunday Massacre Victims -- IBTimes
Bloody Sunday compensation could open door for other payouts -- The Guardian
'Bloody Sunday': Justice delayed, justice denied? -- Allan Mallinson, The Daily Mail

Queen Elizabeth II Ends Her Trip To Ireland -- News Roundup

Queen Elizabeth meets locals as she tours the English market in Cork. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Reuters

Could The Queen End A Century Of Tension With Ireland? -- Time

As Queen Elizabeth II was touching down in a Dublin airport on May 17 for the start of her four-day visit to Ireland, the Irish people were holding their collective breath. The Queen's visit was being billed as a sign of the end of centuries of friction between the two countries — and one which most Irish were praying would go well, as they could little afford any more harm to their nation's reputation given the bad economic news that has marred it in recent months.

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More News On Queen Elizabeth II's Trip To Ireland

Hats off, Ma'am! The Queen in Ireland. The inside story of a diplomatic coup -- the Independent
Queen leaves on high as Irish crowds finally appear -- Reuters
Ireland 'will remember Queen's symbolic visit' -- BBC
Queen’s Ireland Visit Seen as Significant Advance -- New York Times
The week that Anglophobia died -- Irish Times
A week when Britain and Ireland grew up -- Fintan O'Toole, The Guardian
Queen makes 'giant leap for British-Irish relations' -- Mark Simpson, BBC
British-Irish relations: A royal stamp of approval -- L.A. Times editorial

British Queen Begins Historic Trip To Ireland

The Queen In Ireland: Queen Pays Tribute To Irish War Of Independence Dead -- The Telegraph

The Queen bowed her head and laid a wreath at Dublin's Garden of Remembrance today in a hugely symbolic and historic act of reconciliation between Britain and the Irish Republic.

The national anthem was also played as the the Queen and President Mary McAleese stood side by side at the site where Ireland commemorates the men and women who died resisting British rule.

The first official royal visit since independence took place amid the biggest security operation ever mounted in the state with thousands of police and armed soldiers on the streets of the capital.

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More News On The British Queen's Visit To Ireland

Queen's vist to Ireland: Day one as it happened -- BBC

British queen makes historic peace trip to Ireland -- Yahoo News/AP
Britain's Queen honors Irish nationalists -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Bomb find mars UK monarch's visit to Ireland -- Yahoo News/AFP
Queen begins historic Ireland visit -- The Guardian
The Queen in Ireland: republicans raise a din but Dubliners extend a welcome -- The Guardian
The Queen in Ireland: highlights of historical Ireland trip -- The Telegraph
The Queen, Symbolism and Sorrow -- BBC
The Queen in Ireland: Why royal visit had to wait -- BBC

My Comment: Michael Collins would be surprised if he was alive today.