The British Prime Minister is in Florence, preparing to set out her vision for Brexit, in one of her most important speeches.
Theresa May is expected to propose a two-year transitional deal after March 2019, ahead of a permanent trade deal.
It could include payments worth twenty billion pounds sterling.
Yesterday, the European Parliament's Brexit Coordinator Guy Verhofstadt gave a commitment that Ireland will not be used as a bargaining chip in the EU/UK Brexit negotiations.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he hopes Theresa May's speech will point the way to a soft Brexit.
