The territory of Northern Ireland was created in 1921 with the explicit goal of creating a region primarily for Protestants who wished to remain a part of the United Kingdom. Now, 101 years later, ...

Research commissioned by The Iona Institute has suggested that young people in Northern Ireland are the most favourable ...

President Joe Biden is traveling to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which established a deal to end a violent ...

New census data confirms that the once-dominant Protestants no longer predominate — a demographic change that could open the door to reunification with the rest of Ireland. A man walks past a Catholic ...

Newly appointed Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill made history over the weekend by becoming the first Catholic and first Irish nationalist to lead the country’s government in its 103 ...

Newly elected Prime Minister Michelle O'Neill of Northern Ireland speaks during a meeting of the legislative assembly in Belfast Feb. 3, 2024. O'Neill is Northern Ireland's first Catholic prime ...

Is religion growing in young people in Northern Ireland? A new survey says 18-24-year-olds are more likely to have a “very positive” attitude towards than any other age group, even those over 65 years ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — The leader of Ireland's 4 million Roman Catholics on Wednesday defended the need for a separate school system for Catholics in Northern Ireland, an issue long debated in the divided ...

Middle East peace may seem hopeless, but Northern Ireland shows that even the most intractable conflict can be resolved.

A lawyer for the only British soldier charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre says prosecutors failed to prove murder and ...

Several Northern Ireland politicians, as well as Catholics and journalists, were targeted in bonfires that were erected for the Eleventh Night. A bonfire in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey, Co ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said he intended to take legal action against the British government ...