Leo Varadkar will benefit from the Brexit extension (Image: GETTY)
Fianna Fáil, who prop up Mr Varadkar’s Fine Gael party in government, were expected to pull the plug after the Dáil's parliament summer recess. But a senior source said the leader of Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin, will withstand mounting pressure to collapse the Government before the new Brexit deadline. Ministerial sources say they expect to "get back to normal work" after the EU agreed to push back the withdrawal date.
A senior Fianna Fáil figure said: "The uncertainty over Brexit will remain until October and beyond even if there is a General Election in the UK.
"If Leo wants an election he can go to the Áras any day as we all know, but he would find it hard to defend going over the next few months."
One Fine Gael minister said Mr Varadkar has always publicly maintained he doesn’t want a General Election until the summer of
