Winter Time here to stay as Government confirms clocks will still go back every October

'Every year I receive complaints from constituents about the long winter and how they feel they are prisoners in their own homes from very early in the afternoon until the next morning,' TD Seán Canney said

Irish citizens will be forced to suffer long dark winter afternoons for years to come.

The Government has confirmed it will not stop putting the clock back for an hour every October and that Winter Time, as it is known, is here to stay.