Good morning colleagues,

It's a wet one.

As we enter the home stretch, and the two presidential candidates enter final furlong in this two-horse race etc etc, the story is about how the scrap is getting dirty.  Catherine Connolly's commanding poll lead drew heavy fire from some media outlets yesterday, while the Farmers Journal calls upon the rural vote to help get Humphries into the Aras.

Elsewhere, more than 2,500 'No Kings' demonstrations took place across the US, expressing opposition to Donald Trump.