Northern Ireland is a small country which is a part of United Kingdom, and it lies just above Ireland. They have had many issues throughout the years. I'm going to tell you about the most recent one concerning the riots they've just had.
The troubles is the term that refers to the violence between the nationalist community (roman catholic) and the unionists (principally protestants). The conflict was a result of discrimination nationalist minority by the unionists and the question on whether they should be in the Union or not.
The IRA (the Irish Republican Army) have been using armed campaigns to get Northern Ireland out of British rule to be reunited with Ireland politically. The British army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary has also been involved with the violence.
It's been going both ways, but there has been some critical situations such as the Bloody Sunday in 1972 and the hunger strikes in 1980-81. There has also been some recent activity. The beginning of this month, two police officers were murdered and they suspect members of the IRA. And just yesterday there were an incident involving some torched cars in the catholic area of Belfast which caused some of the main roads to close.
More about the torched cars:
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