Following the General Election, two parties dominate politics in Northern Ireland - while the two that once held power are in decline.
That part of the United Kingdom that is Northern Ireland now looks like two countries with the south, south west and west of the six counties entirely in the hands of Sinn Féin, and the area east of the Bann entirely under the control of the DUP.
Mr Kenny told Mrs May a Conservative-DUP deal would "challenge" this commitment and raised concerns that there are no longer any Irish nationalist MPs in Westminster after the SDLP lost all three of its seats.
Beaten candidate Mark Durkan apologised to Mr Hume in an emotional speech but insisted the party still had a future.
Delegations from the DUP, Sinn Féin, the SDLP, the Ulster Unionist Party and Alliance also are due to meet the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, at Stormont on Monday. The DUP backed Brexit in last year's European Union referendum campaign.
Asked about the DUP's stance on LGBTI rights, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said the Conservatives "do not share their views and we do not have to".
The moment you saw THAT exit poll
They correctly showed the Lib Dems stalled, Ukip support collapsing, and a big switch from the SNP to the Tories in Scotland. All that said, the polls told a consistent and undoubtedly correct story about the course of the campaign.
The shock emergence of a "hung parliament" in the United Kingdom has dominated headlines today, with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party gaining more than 30 seats, at the expense of the Tories and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
"I look forward to meeting with him again tomorrow if his appointment is reaffirmed, but yes I think it's an important issue that you raise - the objectivity of both governments, and both governments working strictly in accordance with our legal responsibilities under the Belfast Agreement, the Irish government as co-guarantor, indeed the British Government as co-guarantor".
Sinn Féin's northern leader, Michelle O'Neill, confirmed that the party would continue its policy of abstaining and would not take its seats in the Commons - this despite a distribution of seats that would give the party considerable influence.
The predicted results mean Prime Minister Theresa May is facing calls to stand down - but she says she's staying to provide stability.
He credited Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with fighting a good campaign despite "media bias".
Speaking about her party's results, Ms Foster observed: "I am upbeat".
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