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LONDON, Oct. 10-- Hopes were raised on Thursday that a Brexit deal may be rescued after a meeting between the British and Irish leaders at a wedding venue near Liverpool. After three hours of intensive talks, Irish leader Leo Varadkar, speaking at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, said it was possible for Britain and the EU to come to a treaty by the Oct. 31 deadline. "It is possible to come to an agreement to have a treaty agreed to allow the UK to leave the EU in an orderly fashion and to have that done by the end of October," he told reporters. But Varadkar cautioned that there were still issues between both sides that need to be resolved. Brussels has also pressed for Northern Ireland to stay in the EU customs union as well as its single market to avert the need for a hard border between the two parts of the island. Varadkar, who made a statement before returning to Dublin, gave the strongest hint so far that a deal is within sight. At the press conference he said: "I had a very good meeting today with the prime minister (Boris Johnson) and our teams together. It was very positive and very promising. I am now absolutely convinced that both Ireland and Britain want there to be an agreement that's in the interests of Ireland and UK and the EU as a whole." Varadkar said he believed the outline of a Brexit deal would be possible in time for the two-day summit of EU leaders which starts next Thursday. | 
