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Calls for last night to be the last time we put clocks back

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

11:17 31 Oct 2021


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Most of you think it should be.

Clocks went back by an hour overnight, giving us an extra hour in bed.

Each year, we change the clocks twice - they go forward, then 6 months later, they go back.

It's known as daylight saving time.

This year, daylight saving time 2021 in Ireland began at 1am on Sunday 28th March, and it ended at 2am last night (Sunday 31 October).

We've been doing it since 1916, so people are now wondering if we should still be doing it today.

Well, some believe not as there are renewed calls to end the practice across Europe, and leave Ireland an hour ahead.

But there are fears that if Britain held out and retained daylight savings it might leave the island split into two time zones.

The Irish Examiner reports that in 2019, the European Parliament voted that daylight saving time should be abolished by April 2021, but a final decision on it has yet to take place.

Member States had to decide whether they wanted to stay in summertime or wintertime.

An EU-wide survey found that more than 80% of citizens were in favour of scrapping the clock changes.

But what about here?

Well, here's the results from our Twitter poll:


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