Should this month be the last time the clocks change? 

The tradition of Daylight Saving Time began during the First World War in order to give farmers more light to work in. 

A century on, the practice endures but has remained controversial. 

This year, Poland called on the European Union to abolish the Daylight Savings Time and on Lunchtime Live, caller Tommy agreed, describing it as the “most ridiculous thing”. 

 “My view is, next spring we should just put it forward by half an hour and leave it there,” he said. 

“Never move it again - split the difference.” 

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Also on the programme, listener Sheila said she feared what would happen if the European Union abolished the practise but the United Kingdom did not, leaving the North in a different timezone to the Republic. 

“If I have a kid going to school in Lisnaske and I live in Cavan, if he has to be there at 8.30 in the morning, if I have to be at work at nine, I now have to leave at 8am Northern Irish time - I’ll be completely thrown off,” she said. 

“Sports matches, concerts, train times; it’s really going to uproot a lot of people. 

“We already feel like there’s a big border there.” 

In response, Tommy said that Northern Ireland could do it as well.

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