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Don’t forget clocks go back a hour from 2am

Oct 26, 2024 22:10 By News Northern Sound
Don’t forget clocks go back a hour from 2am
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Clocks go back an hour on the last Sunday in October.

MEPs are again 'calling time' on daylight savings time.

With shorter evenings on the horizon, clocks are set to 'fall back' an hour at 2am tomorrow.

Clocks go back an hour on the last Sunday in October - which means at 2am tomorrow - your clock falls back to 1am.

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But a cross-party group of MEPs led by Fine Gael's Seán Kelly has written to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, demanding an end to the practice.

A public consultation in 2018 received more than 4.5 million responses from all member states, with 84 per cent saying they wanted the changing of the clocks to stop.

A resolution on the proposal was approved the following year - but since then, progress on the petition has stalled.

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MEP Kelly says the ritual is out-dated, poses health risks, affects sleep patterns, and can lead to a spike in traffic accidents.

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