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Is it time to scrap changing the clocks?

Is it time to scrap changing the clocks?

Update: 2024-10-25
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This weekend the clocks will roll back one hour. But for many years now the argument has been made for the practice to be scrapped, with the European Parliament voting in favour of ending seasonal time changes in 2019.  

Is it time to scrap changing the clocks? We ask John Fitzgerald, Adjunct Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin and Research Affiliate at the ESRI. 

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Is it time to scrap changing the clocks?

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