Political leader and minister of religion, Ian K. Paisley (born 1926) played a significant role in the bitter strife that plagued Northern Ireland for decades. Ian Kyle Paisley, born on April 6, 1926, was reared in the tradition of evangelical...

The Rev. Ian Paisley said Saturday he is stepping down as leader of the hard-line Protestant church he founded 56 years ago, a decision his opponents say was inevitable after he angered many by cooperating with Sinn Fein to form a Northern Ireland government.The Free...

Sinn Fein's decision to begin cooperating with the Northern Ireland police has boosted peacemaking and made it more likely that Protestant hard-liner Ian Paisley will agree this month to share power, the chief negotiator for the IRA-allied Sinn Fein said Friday.Deputy Sinn Fein leader Martin...

The publisher of a local Irish newspaper is calling on the organizers of the city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade to begin overhauling the event's image by inviting Northern Ireland's Protestant leader to be a leader of next year's procession.Irish Voice publisher Niall O'Dowd said...

Northern Ireland leaders Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, bitter enemies turned partners in government, concluded their first joint visit to Washington with a celebration of peace with President Bush at the White House.Paisley and McGuinness, who formed an alliance in May after decades of turmoil...