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 ...

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 winds of reunification are blowing more strongly in Northern Ireland. Traditionally unionist Protestants are starting to ...

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 ...

DUBLIN (AP) — Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Thursday after Protestant militants attacked offices and a home connected to the most compromise-minded political party over its support for ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) – Thousands of Protestants marched peacefully through the heart of Northern Ireland’s capital Saturday amid a heavy security presence. It was one of Belfast’s biggest ...

LONDON -- Northern Ireland achieved another important milestone in peacemaking Saturday as the territory's two major Protestant paramilitary groups announced their first acts of disarmament -- and ...

For the first time in history, more people in Northern Ireland identify as Catholic than Protestant. Data from the 2021 census information released last week indicated 45.7% of those surveyed said ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northern Ireland's 2021 census has shown that for the first time in 101 years of history of the region, 45.7% of the population are Catholic while 43.5% are Protestant. Northern Ireland now has more ...