Good morning colleagues, 

The Irish Times leads this morning with news that pharmaceutical companies say they are "considering diverting as much as €100 billion they had planned to invest in Europe to the United States and other countries instead as part of a possible industry “exodus”." 

The other big news story this morning are the parties in the polls. Sinn Féin has regained its position as the most popular party in the Republic, "while voters have little enthusiasm for the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Independent Coalition." with analysis here.