Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures have swept across Europe killing at least eight homeless people, closing major airports and causing hundreds of road accidents.

Ryanair today announced eight new routes from Brussels and Dusseldorf to destinations in Europe.

The president of the Irish Football Association, Raymond Kennedy, is seeking compensation for supporters left out of pocket after their World Cup qualifier against Poland was switched from Szczecin to Chorzow.

ATHLETICS IRELAND is in the process of drawing up a plan that will get more athletes front line of battle, more finance in the war chest and — if not bigger booty in the treasure chest — certainly more finalists at major championships, at the end of what promises to be five dramatic years.

A court in north-western Poland has ordered a man be held in custody as authorities investigate allegations he had an incestuous relationship with his adult daughter for nearly a decade and fathered five children with her.

Former Polish leader Lech Walesa today finished giving evidence in the trial of the country’s ex-military ruler General Wojciech Jaruzelski for his part in the murder of 44 protesters in 1970.

A DEFIANT Ryanair is adding 40 new routes this winter — saying turbulent times for the industry will not halt its expansion plans.

LOW-COST carrier Ryanair yesterday announced it will go head to head with Aer Lingus on three European routes.

TWENTY-SIX Polish pilgrims died yesterday when their coach crashed off a mountain road at a notorious accident blackspot in the French Alps and burst into flames, officials said.

Poles planned vigils and concerts today to mark the second anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II.

Budget airline Ryanair said today it is launching five new routes from London to eastern Europe.

AIB’s Polish Bank Zachodni WBK said yesterday its net profit should double in 2002 thanks to tight cost control and relatively low bad debt charges, after its third-quarter earnings met market expectations.

Poland's last communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, is due in court charged with ordering the shooting deaths of 44 shipyard workers.