Leo Varadkar has put clear water between him and his rivals

Fine Gael is to turn up the pressure on Fianna Fail to sign a two-year extension to the confidence and supply agreement after establishing a 13-point lead over Micheál Martin’s party in the final opinion poll of the political season.

Fine Gael has risen three points to 34% and Fianna Fail has fallen three to 21%, its lowest point in more than two years of the Sunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes series.

Leo Varadkar asked Martin to extend the confidence and supply deal until 2020 when the two leaders met in Killarney on Friday.

“Martin doesn’t have too many options with poll numbers like these,” said a senior Fine Gael source yesterday. “It’s either an election in October or a two-year extension to the confidence and