David Davis, right, and Michel Bernier, left, begin Brexit negotiations in Brussels but Ireland's for Foreign Affairs and Brexit Simon Coveney has said failure to secure a withdrawal agreement will be disastrous for Ireland.
Postponed from last week due to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the speech had originally been billed as an attempt by the Chancellor to reassure business leaders that they would still have access to funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) after Brexit.
Negotiations are set to continue between the DUP and Conservatives in London, and in Belfast where the five main Stormont parties are trying to restore powersharing.
May is now seeking backing from the DUP, a Northern Irish party, for her minority Conservative government after she lost her parliamentary majority in a June 8 election.
In both meetings, all leaders agreed on the urgent need to re-establish the Northern Ireland Executive, believing that the June 29 deadline for completing negotiations could be met, according a statement from the Irish government. One former minister and influential figure said: "If we had a strong signal that she were backsliding I think she would be in major difficulty".
"I think it's fair to say that Northern Ireland is perhaps the most vulnerable part of Europe to a bad Brexit deal should that happen", he said.
Sinn Féin's Northern Ireland leader Michelle O'Neill said that on Brexit the Sinn Féin call for special designated status for Northern Ireland within the European Union was "building up traction" across Europe.
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He stressed the objectives of ensuring that Brexit does not impact negatively on the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process there, and protecting North-South trade and economic activity and the Common Travel Area.
The Sunday Times said ministers within May's cabinet had "let it be known" they would oust the prime minister if they thought she could not pass the government's legislative programme in a vote expected on June 28.
The British and Irish governments were parties to the agreement, and Irish voters approved it in two 1998 referendums.
She said: "We want to see an administration set up again that will last and one that will last for all of the people of Northern Ireland".
Arlene Foster's party will now prop up Theresa May's Conservatives in the United Kingdom after her decision to call a snap election backfired and she lost ground to Labour. "We are hopeful of getting a resolution to them as quickly as possible", he said. "So I'm afraid to say there is no goodwill towards her".
"These talks will be hard at points, but we shall be approaching them in a constructive and respectful way".
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