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Northern Ireland peace 'at risk': UK's May warned against DUP dealBy James Griffiths, CNNUpdated 12:15 AM ET, Fri June 16, 2017May seeks deal with Northern Ireland's DUP(CNN)A deal to prop up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government could come at the cost of peace in Northern Ireland, politicians have warned.Speaking in London Thursday after a meeting with May, prominent Northern Irish politician and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said he had told May she was "in breach" of the Good Friday Agreement -- the peace treaty which ended 30 years of deadly sectarian violence known as "The Troubles."Peace at riskFollowing a bruising election result in which her Conservative Party squandered a 12-seat majority in Parliament and found itself struggling to form a government, May has attempted to form an alliance with the far-right Democratic Unionist Party.Under the Good Friday agreement, unionists and Irish republicans like Sinn Fein entered into a power-sharing government. The UK government, which at that point gave up direct rule over Northern Ireland, was intended to be a neutral arbitrator between the parties.By forming a government with the DUP, many commentators have argued the Conservatives would undermine this arrangement and risk the peace process. Continued: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/europe/uk-northern-ireland-peace-deal/index.html