Good morning colleagues,

It's a grim one weather-wise this morning. I can't say the news is any better. The news from Northern Syria is extremely distressing. ICTU has condemned the Turkish action, which was facilitated by the US president.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has said the government is still using windfall revenue from corporation tax to paper over cracks in its day-to-day spending, The State’s fiscal watchdog said excess corporation tax receipts continue to “flatter” the Government’s budgetary position and mask repeated and unsustainable increases in health spending.