Bookies reckon this is the likelihood of a white Christmas

Just over two months to go.

As trivial as it might seem, there are people who despise the snow because it usually causes havoc with their travel arrangements. To some, the snowfall is just a cold, damp and joyless pain in the arse. Bah Humbug!

On the other hand, some folk associate the snow with happy memories of Christmas, snowball fights and sledding down hills. Awwww!

With just over two months to go until Christmas, the chances of a White Christmas in Ireland are looking bleak because Ladbrokes are offering odds of 7/2 that December 25th, 2016 will be the warmest Christmas Day ever.

So far, the warmest recorded Christmas was in 1974 when temperatures reached 13.7°C, and the bookmaker are confident of a warm Christmas Day in two months time. Here’s what they’re offering around the country.

The bookies are rarely wrong but hope springs eternal for snow lovers around Ireland.