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| Ireland's prime minister warns Theresa May over deal with DUP | Ireland's prime minister warns Theresa May over deal with DUP |
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| Ireland’s prime minister has issued a warning to Theresa May over her plans to do a deal with the DUP to prop up a Tory minority government. | Ireland’s prime minister has issued a warning to Theresa May over her plans to do a deal with the DUP to prop up a Tory minority government. |
| Enda Kenny, who has been Taoiseach since 2011, said he had indicated his “concern” to the prime minister over the plan. | Enda Kenny, who has been Taoiseach since 2011, said he had indicated his “concern” to the prime minister over the plan. |
| Mr Kenny suggested that the arrangement, if poorly handled, could jeopardise the peace process in Northern Ireland. | Mr Kenny suggested that the arrangement, if poorly handled, could jeopardise the peace process in Northern Ireland. |
| He also raised concerns about the lack of a nationalist voice in favour of a united Ireland at Westminster – where the SDLP are now wiped out and Sinn Fein do not take their seats on principle. | He also raised concerns about the lack of a nationalist voice in favour of a united Ireland at Westminster – where the SDLP are now wiped out and Sinn Fein do not take their seats on principle. |
| He tweeted on Sunday: “Spoke with prime minister May - indicated my concern that nothing should happen to put Good Friday Agreement at risk, and [the] absence of nationalist voice in Westminster.” | He tweeted on Sunday: “Spoke with prime minister May - indicated my concern that nothing should happen to put Good Friday Agreement at risk, and [the] absence of nationalist voice in Westminster.” |
| The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is the biggest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and is currently engaged in a negotiations after the collapse of the powersharing administration that runs the Northern Ireland Executive. | The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is the biggest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and is currently engaged in a negotiations after the collapse of the powersharing administration that runs the Northern Ireland Executive. |
| Mr Kenny is the outgoing Taoiseach and will soon be replaced by Ireland's Taoiseach-elect Leo Varadkar, who won a Fine Gael internal party election earlier this month. Mr Varadkar is set to be confirmed by the Irish parliament, the Dáil, in the coming week. | Mr Kenny is the outgoing Taoiseach and will soon be replaced by Ireland's Taoiseach-elect Leo Varadkar, who won a Fine Gael internal party election earlier this month. Mr Varadkar is set to be confirmed by the Irish parliament, the Dáil, in the coming week. |
| The Conservatives are currently in negotiations with the DUP to prop up a minority government with a supply and confidence arrangement. | |
| Under such a deal the Tories would give the DUP concessions in exchange for them passing the Queen’s Speech and budgets. | |
| The Conservatives will be reliant on DUP support to pass anything through Parliament, giving them an effective veto. | |
| There are concerns such concessions could be related to the political crisis in Stormont, where the British government is supposed to be a neutral broker between the unionist and nationalist sides. | |
| The deal comes after voters unexpectedly rejected the Conservatives at the general election, denying Ms May a majority in the House of Commons and defying most pollsters’ expectations. |