The Troubles
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The Troubles refer to the inevitable conflicts between the British and Irish governments about who has to have Northern Ireland causing a drain upon their respective countries. Thus far the Irish are winning, as they have managed to avoid being lumbered by Northern Ireland for over 80 years.
However, the dispute remains at an impass to this day, despite the best efforts of Captain Planet (see below).
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[edit] Republicans
The IRA, covertly supported by the British Government, wish for Britain to no longer have to pay the massive security and social welfare bill that Northern Ireland brings. They have suffered 2 setbacks recently.
The first was a failed plan to prop up British running of the province by placing £26.5 million collected from donations within the Northern Bank vaults. This went awry when the Southern Irish police foiled the plan, and managed to spin it as a robbery instead.
The second was the pointless murder of a fellow Republican and the subsequent coverup. The sisters of the murdered man successfully campaigned to alert the world, especially the United States, that terrorism existed before 9/11 and that it's not just brown people that carry it out. Unfortunately evidence has proven that the British Government have not realised this -- hence plans for ID Cards.
[edit] Notable Republicans
[edit] Unionists
The numerous Unionist groups have been successful thus far at shielding the Southern Irish government from their worst fears, that is the headache of dealing with the strife that bringing Northern Ireland into their nation would bring, they have managed this despite being able to display to the public at least the impression of being nothing more than a bunch of xenophobic, racist criminals.
[edit] Notable Unionists
[edit] Good Friday Agreement
At the behest of Captain Planet the two respective governments both came up with a brilliant wheeze to effectively make the whole thing someone else's problem, and allow both sides to share power. Unfortunately the Unionist demands to see Gerry Adams holidays snaps, coupled with the IRA's attempts to steal the Unionists holiday snaps brought the whole thing crashing down. Both governments feverishly hope that they will be able to sort the mess out and regain their respective places in the history books.
