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WHY do we add the leap day to February, giving us more gloom?

Fri, 29 Feb, 2008 - 00:00

Instead, why not add it to June for a chance of some extra sunshine. Surely the benefits of an extra day’s growth to agriculture would be worth billions. Why aren’t farmers clamouring for it?

Dermot O’Sullivan

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