Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is also to meet the prime minister on Monday.

Stormont reopens: Boris Johnson meets Northern Ireland's newly-appointed leaders

The DUP has signalled support for a deal to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland tabled by the UK and Irish governments.

DUP indicates it will back deal to restore Stormont powersharing

Party leaders held a short round-table meeting at Stormont House for the first exchanges of a new talks process.

Will today lead to a breakthrough and compromise between NI’s largest parties?

Talks will take place after local council elections in Northern Ireland on May 2.

Northern Ireland’s devolved legislature in Belfast has not sat since early last year in a row over identity issues like the Irish language.

Sinn Fein blame ties between the DUP and Tories for the fact talks to secure a deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont ended in failure.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said he does not expect a deal to restore Stormont powersharing to be struck by Monday.

Just how does the power-sharing system in Northern Ireland work, and what happens now that talks are at "the end of the road"?

Peers have recommended that powers to grant or deny freedom of movement in Northern Ireland after Brexit should be devolved to Stormont.

The Northern Irish Assembly has voted to legalise same-sex marriage, but a technicality in the voting procedure means the law won't change.