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 ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Irish Catholic militants attacked riot police Thursday in a polarized corner of Belfast as the most divisive day on Northern Ireland's calendar reached a typically ugly end ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) – The Rev. Ian Paisley, once the loud voice of Protestant opposition to compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland, has been taken to a hospital, his wife said.

BOYNE VALLEY, Ireland (Reuters) - For John McAdam, the Orange Order's new lodge on the banks of the Boyne river is a homecoming, spiritually as much as physically. Hailing from a farming community in ...

We Irish are proud of being the great green machine in America with everyone from President Biden on down claiming heritage to that shamrock shore. But here is an extraordinary opportunity this July ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's Protestant paramilitary groups must step up efforts to put themselves out of business or be left behind as the province enters a new era of peace and stability, ...

A controversy erupted in the Republic of Ireland this summer when Patrick Costello, a member of Parliament for the Green Party, proposed that July 12 should be made a public holiday across Ireland.