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 ...

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The first round of the 2021 Northern Irish census results were released on Sept. 22, and it produced a shocker: Catholics now outnumber Protestants for the first time since the Northern Irish state ...

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 -- Northern Ireland's main Protestant party on Saturday rejected a British deadline to share power with Catholics, officials said, launching a showdown that could end in the ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Protestant bishops met publicly with Sinn Fein leaders for the first time on Monday and called on Northern Ireland's feuding politicians to tackle the two main obstacles to ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The leaders of Northern Ireland’s major Protestant and Catholic parties, sitting side by side for the first time in history, announced a stunning deal yesterday to forge a ...

Newly released census results may fuel calls for a referendum on uniting Ireland, experts say, but not right away. By Megan Specia and Ed O’Loughlin LONDON — For the first time, Catholics outnumber ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...