Northern Ireland's Catholic community rejects a hard post-Brexit division of the island. But many Protestants fear that if Northern Ireland were given special status, as the EU has proposed, that could be a first step toward a united Ireland.

On April 10, 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast, putting an end to three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland.

Aleks Stanek, a fine art graduate from Northern Ireland, has run the length of the Irish border in 7 days to highlight the potential introduction of a hard border with checkpoints.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has signed a so-called 'confidence and supply' deal with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to prop up her minority government.

Sir Hugh Orde is a former British police chief who was at the forefront of the fight against terrorism, working at Scotland Yard in London and as chief constable in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland goes to the polls on Thursday in a snap election to try to scramble out of a political crisis. All eyes will be on the ensuing wrangling to form a power-sharing government.

Government ministers from the Republic of Ireland have been discussing the impact of Brexit with their counterparts from Northern Ireland.