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Leo Varadkar wants a Brexit breakthrough so he can go to see Cher in concert.

The Irish Mirror has learned the Taoiseach told colleagues he “wants it done” by October 31, like Boris Johnson, but for a very different reason.

He has tickets for the pop legend in Dublin’s 3Arena on November 1 and wants to enjoy it properly.

Mr Varadkar is a self-confessed Kylie Minogue fan who sent her a personal letter and got a selfie with the Aussie when she performed here last December.

But he is also believed to love Cher and has been looking forward to the concert for months. So he will be cheering on the British Prime Minister to get a deal across the line in the next nine days in his own interest – as well as the national one.

Mr Varadkar was integral to the brinkmanship negotiations that saw a deal agreed between the EU and UK.

But at a Fine Gael dinner in Co Cork recently, he spoke about how he intends to spend his downtime once Brexit is finalised.

He told several people before the event he wanted to get things done by the deadline so he can let his hair down at the gig the following evening.

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Cher’s Here We Go Again tour is also considered one of the hottest tickets in town, with ordinary upper tier seats for the November 1 show going for more than €500 each last night.

The 73-year-old singer is playing in the O2 Arena in London this week, where her extravaganza is getting rave reviews.

One critic said the performance on Sunday night was “nothing short of spectacular”. Cher belted out the hits from her 50-year back catalogue for more than two-and-a-half hours.

One of the people Mr Varadkar told about his excitement over the upcoming concert has spoken to the Irish Mirror.

They said: “The Taoiseach was clearly giddy to tell us about the Cher gig.

"Leo was in good form before the Fine Gael dinner at the bar and we were chatting about how tiring Brexit had been over the last few months and how much we were just dying for it to be over.

"Leo chipped in then and said he knew how we felt and that he really wanted Boris to get the deal done by October 31.

“We were wondering for a second why he was so keen but then he told us it was because he had tickets for the Cher gig in The Point [the old name for the 3Arena] and that he wanted to enjoy that without worrying about Brexit. He must be a really big fan.”