Few in favour of extra hour in bed

A survey has shown that 65% of Irish people are not in favour of turning the clocks back — a practice first introduced by William Lillet, great-great-grandfather of Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

The ‘daylight saving move’, which sees the clocks go back at 2am tomorrow, was very controversial when Lillet introduced it in 1907 to make the most of the amount of daylight in winter.

And apparently it’s just as controversial today.