Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 310-mile-long Irish border between Northern Ireland and the Republic was once marked by barbed wire, with watch towers manned ...

The former Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has accused the Irish government of putting up an "artificial barrier" to a referendum on a united Ireland. Varadkar said Dublin needed to ...

"Making Sense of a United Ireland" by Professor Brendan O’Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, is a tour de force, a highly readable, stylishly written, and ...

Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says that he believes a United Ireland could happen within the next 10 years. Former Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern said that he thinks it is ...

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.

A new public service broadcaster should be considered in the event of a united Ireland, researchers have said. Such a new model would involve hubs in 10 areas across the island and draw on the assets, ...