Biscuit king Michael Carey is hopeful that his new venture can take a sizeable bite out of the lucrative biscuit markets in both Ireland and the UK, currently worth around €170m and €2bn respectively.

Freezing temperatures and a blanket of snow will continue their grip on the UK this week – though the nation might at last get a glimpse of the sun.

The airline crisis deepened today when the UK flight ban was extended to at least 1am tomorrow.

THOMAS LEE (Oughterard) and Eric Donovan (St Michael’s, Athy), members of the Irish team for the multi-nations tournament in Cork, will be in action at the national under-21 boxing championships finals at the National Stadium tonight, while a third member of the squad, Conor Ahern (Baldoyle), gets a walkover in the light flyweight division.