[tz] Ireland considering staying with summer time

[Tim Parenti]

Apparently Florida's senators recommended the same for the US last month,
for similar reasons.  To date, it doesn't seem to have gone much of
anywhere, apart from Twitter.

https://abc11.com/daylight-saving-time-ends-2020-when-does-end-dst/6425979/

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Tim Parenti


On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 04:35, Clive D.W. Feather <clive at davros.org> wrote:

> Kevin Lyda said:
> > It seems unlikely, but there have been suggestions in Ireland to stay
> > with summer time this year to deal with COVID-19. It's at the tail end
> > of this story:
> >
> >
> https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-tighter-restrictions-mulled-for-dublin-as-cases-rise-1.4379066
>
> Surely such a proposal would breach Directive 2000/84/EC.
>
> > Out of interest, would a release to support such a change be possible?
>
> I think we'd need to see more than just "a proposal" before making such a
> change. Normally we would expect to see actual legislation.
>
> (How does Ireland implenet EU Directives? Direct transposition into law or
> rewriting them the way the UK does?)
>
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