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The European Union has taken another step towards abolishing the twice-yearly clock change which has been a rite of spring and autumn for decades.<\/p>\nThe European Union has taken another step towards abolishing the twice-yearly clock change which has been a rite of spring and autumn for decades.<\/p>\n
Irish people have taken part in a European public consultation that voted overwhelmingly to stop the clock changes.<\/p>\n
The European Parliament and member states now have to choose to stay on winter time or summer time.<\/p>\n
‘Spring forward and fall back’ could soon be a thing of the past because the European Parliament is considering scrapping the process of clocks changing twice a year.<\/p>\n
It is after a consultation of four million people throughout Europe, including Ireland.<\/p>\n
Fine Gael MEP Se\u00e1n Kelly says the majority of Irish people want the clocks to remain the same all year: “Over 88% of Irish people that responded said they wanted to get rid of it, they were sick of it.<\/p>\n
“80% of those who wanted to end clock change wanted summer time all year round.”<\/p>\n
One of the reasons daylight savings was introduced was so that farmers would have more light in the morning to milk the cows.<\/p>\n
But IFA President Joe Healy says farmers would actually prefer longer evenings.<\/p>\n
“It really cuts the day short and from my conversations with farmers all over the country, they would like to see summer time continue all year round.”<\/p>\n
The proposal now goes to the full parliament and the member states.<\/p>\n
If it gets the go-ahead the clocks could go forward in March 2021 and never go back again.<\/p>\n