BELFAST (Reuters) -Northern Ireland has more Catholics than Protestants for the first time, census results showed on Thursday, a historic shift that some see as likely to help drive support for the ...

More people in Northern Ireland now identify as Catholic than Protestant for the first time in the history of the jurisdiction, new census figures reveal. The data has led to calls for a referendum ...

An anti-Brexit sign is affixed to a pole in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2019 outside the Falls Road offices of Sinn Fein, a left-wing political party pushing for a united Ireland. It is one of ...

The rest of the story. Ireland is one of the few remaining countries where it’s a major news item that Catholics make up less than 90 percent of the population. According to reports last spring, the ...

Protestants south of the border were widely viewed as barely-Christian interlopers ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. `BELGRADE - Rioting and shootings broke out this month in Northern Ireland's Belfast, but here in ...

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters... Britain bans prosecution of past Catholic and ...

A peace wall separating Catholic and Protestant communities is seen in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 1, 2017. Data from the 2021 census showed 45.7% of respondents identified as Catholic or were ...

People participate in the Orange Order celebrations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 12, 2022. The celebrations mark the anniversary of Protestant King William’s victory over the Catholic King James ...