The new first minister represents a party that does not acknowledge Northern Ireland's six counties as separate from the 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland. The historic moment has huge implications, David Blevins writes.

Joint research by Belfast’s two main universities finds plurality of Northern Ireland residents think they’ll be out of the UK within next 2 decades.

With Catholics now outnumbering Protestants in Northern Ireland, advocates for unification are starting to believe their dream could become a reality. But is it inevitable – and would a referendum reignite old enmities?

Ireland’s Future : Views of some of those who will participate in the event on Saturday.

Boris Johnson became prime minister on the promise that Brexit would bring prosperity and pride. Did it?

SINCE THE 2016 Brexit vote, talks of Irish reunification among the people and pundits are being discussed more than ever.

BEFORE THE BREXIT vote, Northern Ireland was on a more stable trajectory.

A much bigger driver of the unity chatter is, of course, Brexit and the out-workings of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol, in particular the Irish sea border that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis denies exists.

Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill says Brexit is a gamechanger, but the DUP's Arlene Foster doesn't consider Irish unity inevitable.

Prospects for unification will have less to do with ancient hatreds than with health care, schools, housing, and jobs.

Republican sentiment is rising over fears that Brexit will tank the economy, but Northern Ireland’s unionists won’t go quietly.

If a united Ireland is on the horizon a decent departure from the UK must be planned.

Fiach Kelly: The main threat from a crashout is political and constitutional, not economic.

Brexit has unleashed many demons in Northern Ireland, and on the island generally. It has shaken social, political and economic structures, and raised a constitutional question about what Ireland will look like a generation from now.

As Brexit looms, nationalists in Northern Ireland are increasingly looking to Dublin for representation. Now, as Ben Kelly explains, political parties are responding in new, innovative ways.