dublin support ireland govern fine gael party fell poll saturday political crisis leave country three days away call snap election show sign resolve prime minister leo varadkar minority government brink friday party prop submit motion confidence deputy prime minister weeks summit britain plan leave european union ireland play key role varadkar say motion put fianna fail main opposition party withdraw tuesday would force hold election christmas support party drop two point 27 percent sunday business post/red poll marginally ahead 25.5 percent achieve last year election bad performance recent opinion poll fellow center-right party fianna fail rise 26 percent 25 percent month ago leftwing opposition sinn fein two point 16 percent also marginally high last election survey take november 20 24 day crisis escalate rapidly suggest party would struggle form anything another minority administration poll suggest one win christmas election number hold richard colwell chief executive red write twitter varadkar say still time avoid snap poll neither side step saturday ahead motion no-confidence debate tuesday although leaders best unlikely position go shift tuesday case way prevent election tanaiste resign senior fianna fail mp jim callaghan tell national broadcaster rte tanaiste name give position deputy head government ireland currently hold frances fitzgerald health minister simon harris say price talk next three days head deputy prime minister agreement fianna fail allow minority government function extremely badly damage varadkar due play major role dec. 14-15 eu summit brexit tell fellow leaders whether dublin believe sufficient progress make future border eu-member ireland britain province northern ireland government say enough progress make date border one three issue brussels want broadly resolve decide whether move talk second phase trade eu officials say snap election ireland would complicate task support irish pm 's party fall snap election near