Daylight savings

By Fiona Frawley You’re going to get one hour less sleep this weekend. Springing forward, falling back – you might find yourself wondering why we bother with all this carry-on as you prepare yourself for an hour less in bed this Sunday morning. Daylight saving time in Ireland will begin (go forward an hour) at […]

3 years ago

The clocks go forward this Sunday, March 27. The time change can take it’s toll on little ones and it can take a few days and as long as a week for the body to adjust to a different mood lighting caused by the change and the fact that our natural body clock is being […]

4 years ago

This is so unfair. Mother’s day is supposed to be the one day of the year that mums definitely get to have a lie in. As Gretchen Wieners would say ‘that’s like the rules of feminism’. Unfortunately, though the universe has other plans and this year instead of getting our annual glorious lie on, we […]

4 years ago

Here’s what that means for you.

7 years ago

In case you haven’t heard, the clocks go back tonight. Possibly for the last time, after a recent proposal to scrap the idea of daylight savings time entirely. But, also, possibly not for the last time. Either way, we all get an extra hour of bed tomorrow – yay! The clocks are set to go […]

8 years ago

We could be saying goodbye to springing forward and falling back. People in Ireland could be changing their clocks for the last time next year after a new proposal to scrap daylight savings entirely. Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, proposed putting an end to the seasonal clock changes across Europe as he […]

8 years ago