Ireland (EMG-2)

The Republic of Ireland, or simply, Ireland is a nation in EMG-2.

Invasion of Sweden
Ireland joined the invasion of Sweden during Turn 7 when requested by Vake. Ireland sent 500 soldiers to help aid the invasion.

Treaty of Delfzijl
During the Treaty of Delfzijl, Ireland took 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 7500 infantry from Sweden. They were also gifted £150 by Vake.

Involvement in Vake car bombing (Turn 8)
Ireland opened an investigation on a car bombing in Vake due to national security concerns. The investigation widened out to investigate the two nations involved, Kola and Vake. They ultimately pulled out of the investigation due to increasing pressure from politicians and the Irish public.

Acquisition of Northern Ireland
After Vake acquired Great Britain and Northern Ireland, they offered to transfer Northern Ireland to Ireland. Ireland accepted and acquired Northern Ireland. This move was mostly accepted by the Northern Irish.

Advocating for the freedom of Wales
During turn 9, the Irish government and other countries advocated for the freedom of Vake's territories, such as France, Scotland and in particular, Wales. This caused the Vaken government to dislike the governments involved, including the Irish government. This would later explain the Vaken government's actions in the later parts of the RyanAir plane crash investigation and during the aftermath of the earthquake in turn 10.

RyanAir Flight 302 (Turn 9)
During turn 9, a commercial Boeing 737-800 owned by RyanAir that was headed towards Helsinki, Finland, vanished in the North Sea. Search efforts were quickly setup. Ireland quickly collaborated with the nearby countries, Vake, Germany, and Denmark; to find the missing plane. After an inconclusive search of the English channel, search efforts were relocated north and then suspended to allow debris to end up on shores.

A few weeks later, a body washed up on Vaken shores that was confirmed to be from the plane. Parts from the wreckage were then found on northeast Brittany. The parts were then analyzed.

Irish officials later determined that the plane crash was caused by the main computer crashing. The backup computers of the plane were probably turned off and multiple single-event upsets would have to happen for this to be possible, it was also determined that the plane's turn towards the North Sea was manual. Ireland then closed the investigation.

Vake was suspicious however and continued investigating, what was supposedly the plane's black box then surfaced in Heligoland. Vake refused to return it to Ireland and insisted to analyze it first. Ireland even re-opened the investigation out of spite but were unable to retrieve the supposed black box.

After a back and forth, Ireland managed to get the black box back and analyze it. While this back and forth occurred, a plane crashed in the Kolan peninsula.

As a result of these incidents, Irish airline companies put in place several countermeasures to prevent more airplane crashes.

Evan Donnelly
Evan Donnelly was an Irish politician who previously admitted to leaking numerous things and providing Vake with forged documents to prove that the results of the Northern Ireland referendum were forged. After being investigated for the leaks, it was found out he was responsible for the crash of RyanAir Flight 302. Via a witness, it was found out he was trying to kill two whistleblowers who were headed to Finland to snitch on him for allegedly colluding with other countries. After this, he was tried, found guilty, and sent to jail. Two weeks into his jail sentence, he fled Ireland somehow.

Second Plane
While attempting to obtain the black box from Vake, a plane crashed in the Kolan peninsula, it was soon determined by the Kolan government that certain parts of the plane were missing, such as the black box. After a thorough investigation of both the second plane crash and the black box, it was determined the black box belonged to the second plane which crashed in the Kolan peninsula.

In turn 12, Ireland requested an update on Kola's investigation, and it was soon found out that the plane had crashed due to far-right Irish terrorists, who did not like the Irish government's view on the world and wanted Ireland to drop support of Kola's fighting of "their superior nations".

Earthquake (Turn 10)
During the start of turn 10, an earthquake struck northwestern Ireland. The earthquake damaged many buildings and took the lives of many people. In the aftermath, the Irish government determined that many buildings had collapsed due to poor building etiquette combined with the earthquake. The Irish government began rebuilding attempts. The Irish government used populus gardari to rebuild many buildings, they also began doing inspections on buildings in affected areas and in Dublin to ensure the building met standards.

Vake then volunteered to help, but only the towns that were involved and not the Irish government. Vake did not entrust funds for rebuilding to the Irish government but gave them to the towns affected. The Irish government then made a policy that prevented Vaken volunteers from helping in the rebuilding of government-owned property. This caused Vake to give a response denouncing their decision as a "political maneuver that hurts the Irish citizens." After a series of back-and-forths, the Vaken government mentioned "the regular citizens that you've ignored rebuild." This caused Ireland to livestream rebuild efforts. After another statement from the Vaken government, Leo Varadkar would give a speech countering it: "Why would we do such a thing? Not only would that be unethical but it would shake the trust of the Irish government. Preposterous!" "I don't think I've seen any country right now do such a thing. Even those other countries take land for the sake of their country!"

War with Vake
Main article: French Movement War (EMG-2) After being updated on Kola's investigation on the second plane crash that occurred, Ireland declared war against Vake. Ireland made preparations for war, such as giving a week to allow all Irish people (and government officials in Vake) to head back to Ireland. Vaken refugees also fled to Ireland as well, leading Vake to ask for the refugees back and accuse Ireland of discrimination. After a series of back and forths, Vake would prevent any Vaken citizen from heading to Ireland unless they were a pilot, while allowing Irish/Vaken (dual citizens) residence in New Murmansk.

Invasion of Vake
Ireland sent 1000 infantry to the Isle of Man. Once the Irish soldiers touched down on the Isle of Man, they were met with fierce Vaken resistance.

Invasion of Kola
Ireland aided Kola in the defense of the Kolan border from the invading Danish soldiers.

Turn 13 Irish Elections
Due to the war, the Irish Elections were postponed and moved to turn 14. It was moved back to turn 13 as the Vake-Kola war ended. The elections would occur, with Leo Varadkar having the most votes. Michael Higgins would serve as president for 1 more day before Leo Varadkar would become president.

Post-elections
Leo Varadkar would give a lengthy speech on his plans as president. He planned to make Ireland a better nation and "make Ireland safe". This would trigger controversy as Northern Irish people would think that the president implied that there was a threat, and that was them. Varadkar would clarify that he meant an "external threat". He would then badmouth the previous president claiming that Michael Higgins only advocated for the freedom of Wales due to his fear of Vake's proximity to Ireland, Varadkar would also claim he, unlike Higgins, wanted Wales to be independent "because they clearly don't like it there". His mic would be cut and the Oireachtas would step in and apologize for Varadkar's behavior.

The Oireachtas would then warn Varadkar to not issue provably false statements or inflammatory opinions.