premise: "We would have expected a bounce in Q2 but <hypo>." Economists surveyed by Reuters had expected Irish gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 1.0 percent in the three months to June and bounce back from the fall in the first quarter that was revised slightly up from -1.1 percent.
hypothesis: <hypo> should be "it's a familiar story in terms of the components, domestic demand is weak and a real indicator of that is the employment data yesterday while exports continue to contribute to growth overall"