The Jewish religion is formally recognized in the new Free State constitution drawn up by President Eamon de Valera. The document recognizes Ireland as a Catholic nation, but guarantees religious ...

The survey highlights divided public sentiment toward religious figures, with attitudes toward priests and nuns split evenly: 33% view them positively, 33% negatively, and the rest remain neutral.

The Iona Institute was keen to compare the findings in both the north and south of Ireland, especially given the higher percentage of Protestant churches in the north. The All Ireland Rosary Rally has ...

(AP) — The peace that came with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement 25 years ago has periodically threatened as Catholic and Protestants remain segregated in many ways. BELFAST, Northern Ireland ...

Research in both the US and Ireland shows that more and more people are not identifying with any religion. Secularization in the US “shows no signs of slowing,” Pew Research said this month after ...

The citizens of Ireland voted recently, in a nationwide referendum, to remove a clause from their constitution that had made blasphemy a criminal offense. Despite its recent defeat, Ireland’s 2009 ...

Laurence Cooley receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The results of the 2021 Northern Ireland census have been released and they show that 42.3% of the population identify ...

A new poll commissioned by the Iona Institute has found a marked revival of interest in religion among young people in Northern Ireland. The results are a clear reversal of the previous continuous ...