The island of Ireland, has a long, complex history shaped by political and religious conflict. The roots of this division ...

A man walks past a Marian mural in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Feb. 20, 2013. Data from the 2021 census showed 45.7% of respondents identified as Catholic or were brought up Catholic, compared with ...

The proportion of the resident population, which is either Catholic or brought up as Catholic, is now 45.7%, compared to 43.48% Protestant. The previous census, in 2011, found that 45.1% of the ...

For the first time in 2021, the census showed that more people in Northern Ireland identified as Catholic than Protestant intensifying calls for a referendum on reunification with the rest of Ireland.

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters deem it reconciliation. Victims see denial of justice.

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters deem it reconciliation. Victims see denial of justice.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, and LONDON — It was a warm June night in 1991 when a phone call came that would change Martha Seaman's life forever. It was her son's fiancée, and she was crying. "That was ...