What are the chances of a White Christmas this year?

An Irish bookmaker is offering odds on a White Christmas in Ireland - with Dublin named the early favourite.

Boylesports will take bets at 9/4 that Dubliners will wake up to a blanket of snow on December 25. Galway is available at 3/1, with Cork installed at 10/3.

For those who think Belfast will see snow on Christmas day, 11/4 is on offer.

Elsewhere in Europe, Berlin is priced at 4/5. Paris is 4/1, Barcelona is priced at 10/1 and Madrid is 11/1.

In the United Kingdom, Glasgow and Manchester are both priced at 2/1, Wales’ capital Cardiff is 3/1, whilst London is on offer at 9/4.

New York has experienced some light snow recently and is priced at 13/8 to have snow on Christmas Day.