Clocks going back

Mannesmann

Why the change every year, what do you think?

Mannesmann

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

Hate changing the clocks and the shorter evenings dark at 4pm in December!

Buddy Bubs

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

I do be all over the place for a few days after clocks change not knowing what time of day it is

kowloonkev

We should stick with winter time i.e. shorter evenings brighter mornings

I don't mind stopping the change but I'd stick with the way it was originally with winter time. Going to work, school in the dark is just too depressing and the evenings in summer are actually too long. It's unnecessary for any working people.

Pauliedragon

I would prefer longer evenings but that's just me. Heart attacks jump by about 25% apparently after the clocks change apparently according to neurologists. It affects the brain due to sleep patterns being off.

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

I hate driving after dark. Thinking back to when I used to commute home from work in the dark, on balance I would prefer a longer winter evening, than morning. I could always delay leaving in the morning until it was almost bright.

batistuta9

We should stick with winter time i.e. shorter evenings brighter mornings

should be on wintertime/gmt all year. you need the light more in morning, it's more natural. the shift in the spring is bad for health too.

there's even an argument that we should be on utc-1, so back 2 hours, as we're so far west in the timezone.

Deebles McBeebles

Don't care

Time is a man-made construct.

893bet

Don't care

the annual thread, yawn…

Deebles McBeebles

Don't care

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763342#Comment_122763342

Yet here you are.

dxhound2005

I would go for a system of changing the clocks only once a year instead of twice

the_amazing_raisin

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763682#Comment_122763682

So after 12 years we're nocturnal? 😂

Quantum Erasure

Seems to get earlier every year...

Donald Trump

Bring back Dublin time. 25 minutes and 21 seconds after GMT.

Brits took that off us as well. 800 years wasn't enough. They had to steal those 25 minutes

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763326#Comment_122763326

Time is an emergent property of the universe. The units we use to measure it are man made, but you could say that about pints as well...

tphase

We should stick with winter time i.e. shorter evenings brighter mornings

If year-round UTC is good enough for Iceland, why not for us? They have to put up longer summer and shorter winter days than we do, doesn't seem to do them any harm

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763682#Comment_122763682

I see what you did there - I hope!

Padre_Pio

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

I much prefer the long summer evenings. Plenty of light to go for walks after work, get garden work done, and really enjoy a decent chunk of time after work, especially when the weather is nice.

What's the point of having bright mornings in winter when it's usually grey, freezing and p*ssing rain?

People saying "oh we cant be sending the children to school in the dark" why not? Sure its near dark at 4pm when they're on the way home.

Mam of 4

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

Darker mornings, when heading to work, dropping kids to school, then longer brighter evenings when you can still get out and about if you wish to.

Far better than it feeling like nighttime from 4-5 pm every evening.

Tornaedo

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

I'm never up early so bright mornings would be wasted on me… stick with summer time.

hawkwing

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

If you don't work and were a recluse you could add on an hour for yourself instead of taking it off and have longish evenings all winter. Lie in every morning because it would be dark on your own clock and no work to get up to. Nobody forces you to go by a certain time.

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763830#Comment_122763830

8,000 years.

FishOnABike

I'd be happy to stay on Irish Standard Time year round.

babyducklings1

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763216#Comment_122763216

same here would prefer longer evenings. The winter evenings are horrible so dreary dark so early. The longer evenings would give a bit more light to get a walk in after work or just get out a bit more. Think it’s up for discussion again in EU so hopefully.

cj maxx

We should stick with winter time i.e. shorter evenings brighter mornings

When ? Why is this happening ????

Akrasia

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

Everyone who wants brighter mornings and darker evenings is wrong.

Very very wrong

Finishing work to darkness is waaay more depressing than driving to work in the dark.

The number of people who arrange social activities after work are way higher than the tiny fraction of strange people who arrange yoga or a social run before work

Padre_Pio

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764371#Comment_122764371

I would prefer to watch the sun rise than watch it set out my office window

Mannesmann

We should stick with Summer time i.e. longer evenings darker mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764346#Comment_122764346

Why is what happening?

Bass Reeves

If we changed back to summertime the end of February I could go with that

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764346#Comment_122764346

Farmers, who aren't exactly tied down to 'office hours'

cj maxx

We should stick with winter time i.e. shorter evenings brighter mornings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764487#Comment_122764487

We get up when the sun does and go to bed after it sets . Though my farming days will be on a quad now