TD calls for clocks to stay on summer time to help people cope with Covid

Calling time on turning the clocks back and forward - Changing the clock at 2 a.m.

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall has called for the Government to keep the country on summer time so people can enjoy brighter evenings which will help cope with the pandemic.

Ms Shortall told Newstalk Breakfast that she had raised the issue at a meeting with health officials and members of Cabinet on Monday and that the Taoiseach had agreed to consider the proposal.