Friday 6 December, 2019
The North African state was due to switch to winter time on Sunday.
Minister Charlie Flanagan has announced a public consultation on the issue which will run until 30 November 2018.
Member states will be able to make their own decision on the time change.
People are being warned that their skin can still be damaged on cloudy days.
O’Carroll had announced he was moving to New Zealand, but it appears he’ll be lining out in Chicago this summer.
Award-winning cattle.
Dare we ask about your exercise habits too?
Russia turned the clock back for the last time today.
It is in Ireland, anyway.
It has just officially reached 29.5 degrees in Roscommon.
The first Friday of every month always sees some extra action in the Dáil and committees – and it’s an apt time to start speaking about Irish summer time hours. Is it an outdated thing to be putting the clocks back and forth?
Tips to ensure your children stay safe near water this summer.
Met Éireann has warned that warmer weather is still some time off, so a staycation could be a chilly prospect.
Get to bed early because the clocks will go forward one hour at 1am.
The government’s shelved any investigation into whether we should change – so we wonder what you think.
Britain has put proposals to keep its clocks an hour forward on ice – and Alan Shatter says he’s doing so too.
DID YOU REMEMBER? Summer Time ended at 2am this morning, when clocks went back an hour. Your phone probably corrected itself automatically.
You’re so close to your holiday that you can almost taste it – but there’s just the airport to get through first…
However, if the UK move forward with it, the Government will review the issue.
The clocks change in the early hours of Sunday 30 October – going back one hour at 2am.
Alan Shatter tells the Dáil that Ireland would need the approval of all 27 EU members if it wanted to keep the clocks forward.
Catch up on the day’s main news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed earlier.
Nine things you need to know by 9am: the rising price of managing our banks, saturation coverage of the Moriarty findings, and the reason Dublin’s swans died.
Some people reckon keeping the extra hour of daylight would save electricity. Should we keep summer time forever?
GOOD MORNING. There’s no questioning that it’s Sunday, March 27, 2011 (that is, at least, if you’re in Ireland at the time of writing). But did your phone or alarm clock automatically put itself an hour forward at 1am? It might have – so you may want to check it against something else. At the time of writing, it’s now 8:13am in Ireland. Welcome to summer? Well, let’s hope so. Poll: Should we stay on Summer Time for good?
Catch up on the day’s main news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed earlier.
The switch to ‘summer time’ happens early tomorrow morning.
SELF-DRIVING CARS could be coming to Irish roads.
The government is set to consider a proposal today to allow self-driving cars to be tested on public roads.
RTÉ News reports that the legislation will aim to change the law so that self-driving cars can legally be tested in Ireland on public roads.
There have been concerns about any potential use of self-driving cars. While it could be years before self-driving cars are a common sight in the country, legal experts have been discussing issues around criminal liability in relation to autonomous vehicles.
But what do you think? Should self-driving cars be legally allowed on Irish roads?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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Morning showers; some sun returning
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Min: 6 °C
Some sun, then turning cloudy
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Variable clouds, brief showers; cooler
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