He added a cautionary note, saying: "There is many a slip between cup and lip and challenges remain ahead."
He said he hoped what happened at the meeting with Johnson will be sufficient to allow negotiations to resume in Brussels.
Varadkar said he and Johnson both agreed not to disclose any new proposals that might have been put on the table, adding that talks would now move to Brussels.
Boris Johnson had made the 350-kilometer journey from 10 Downing Street, while Leo Varadkar flew from Dublin to Liverpool John Lennon Airport for their face-to-face crunch talks at Thornton Manor in Wirral, near Liverpool City Region.
The two politicians spent nearly three hours at the one-time family home of soap magnate William Hesketh Lever, discussing a way of breaking through the impasse that has so far prevented Britain and the European Union agreeing a post-Brexit trade deal.
The meeting came after an intensive war of words earlier this week between London and Brussels indicating that Brexit talks were on the brink of collapse.
A joint statement after the talks said the two prime ministers had a detailed and constructive discussion.
"Both continue to believe that a deal is in everybody's interest. They agreed that they could see a pathway to a possible deal," the statement added.
The statement immediately sent the pound shooting higher against the U.S. dollar.
Britain is scheduled to end its membership of the EU on Oct. 31, but a bill passed last month by the House of Commons will require the prime minister to seek an extension of membership if there is no deal reached by Oct. 19.
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