It will pick up again in March, when the clocks "spring forward" and we lose an hour. The twice-annual time change is meant to add more daylight in the mornings and evenings, depending on the time of year and the Northern Hemisphere's position from the sun.

The country will get an extra hour in bed this Bank Holiday weekend, as Daylight Savings and the end of the Irish summertime will see clocks going back an hour.