Clocks went back by an hour overnight with the ending of daylight savings time.
There are renewed calls to end the practice across Europe and leave Ireland an hour ahead.
But there are fears that if Britain held out and retained daylight savings, it might leave the island split into two time zones.
Ireland South MEP Seán Kelly, says we should spring forward for good next year:
"That's what we had planned to do; to move the clocks forward one more time and that would be the end of it. That would be far more sensible than what we do at the moment.
And, it would reflect what 80% of people who responded to a public consultation by the commission said. so I think that the vast majority of people would say at this point in time, leave the clocks go forward next spring and then leave them there forevermore."
