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Brexit: DUP and Sinn Féin to attend Theresa May meeting Brexit: DUP and Sinn Féin attend Theresa May meeting
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Theresa May will discuss Brexit with the taoiseach (Irish prime minister), the DUP and Sinn Féin at separate meetings in Dublin and Cardiff later. Prime Minister Theresa May is discussing Brexit with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin.
Ahead of the talks, NI Secretary James Brokenshire has said exiting the EU is not a threat to the peace process. She is meeting the parties at a Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) summit in Cardiff, where ministers will discuss support for trade and investment.
The leaders of the DUP and Sinn Féin will attend a Joint Ministerial Committee meeting in Cardiff, addressed the Prime Minister. DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin's Northern Ireland leader Michelle O'Neill are attending the meeting.
She will also have a meeting in Dublin with Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Mrs May will travel to Dublin later to meet Taoiseach Enda Kenny, with Brexit also on the agenda for their talks.
Sinn Féin's new northern leader Michelle O'Neill will attend the Brexit discussions in Wales in her capacity as health minister. The JMC is designed to keep the UK's devolved regions informed about Brexit and it is made up of leaders and ministers from the devolved governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Mrs O'Neill is attending the Brexit discussions in her capacity as health minister, while Mrs Foster is also present although she is no longer first minister.
Analysis: Gareth Gordon, BBC News NI political correspondent in CardiffAnalysis: Gareth Gordon, BBC News NI political correspondent in Cardiff
The Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) is designed to keep the UK's devolved regions informed about Brexit. It will be interesting to see the chemistry between DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin's newly-appointed Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill at Monday's JMC meeting.
Today's meeting is a high-powered one - it's only the second JMC meeting to be attended by Theresa May, but, from our point of view, it'll be interesting to see the chemistry between DUP leader Arlene Foster and newly-appointed Sinn Féin Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill. But it has not started well - before they had even arrived, Mrs O'Neill said the DUP leader had no right to be here as she is no longer first minister after the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive.
It hasn't got off to a very good start. Before they'd even arrived, Mrs O'Neill said the DUP leader had no right to be here as she is no longer first minister following the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive. The DUP says Mrs Foster is entitled under the law to fulfil some functions of the office, but when I ran into Mrs O'Neill at the airport she said that justification was stretching it.
The DUP says Arlene Foster is entitled under the law to fulfil some functions of the office, but when I ran into Mrs O'Neill at the airport she said that justification was stretching it. Sinn Féin accused the DUP leader of being in denial about losing her ministerial job.
So, that will be an interesting dynamic today. But the DUP replied that Sinn Féin should check the law that enables Mrs Foster to continue to carry out some of her ministerial functions.
DUP leader Arlene Foster will also be there, although she is no longer first minister. Ahead of the discussions, Mrs O'Neill said the government had "ignored the views of the majority of the people" in Northern Ireland on Brexit.
Sinn Féin accused the DUP leader of being in denial about losing her ministerial job, but the DUP replied that Sinn Féin should check the law which enables Mrs Foster to continue to carry out some of her ministerial functions. While the UK as a whole voted to leave the EU in last June's referendum, 56% of people in Northern Ireland wanted to remain inside the union.
Ahead of the discussions, Secretary of State James Brokenshire wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that the government is firmly committed to a successful Northern Ireland within the UK but outside the EU. "I don't believe [Mrs May] is listening," she said.
He dismissed suggestions this might threaten the peace process. "I need her to listen to views of the majority of the people of the north who voted to remain within the European Union."