Explainer: Why do the clocks go back - and what did Coldplay's Chris Martin's great-great-grandfather have to do with it?

The clocks go back an hour at 2am on the last Sunday of October, transitioning the UK from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time.

This means when the clocks go back, the country returns to the default time zone introduced in Britain in 1880, affecting daily sunlight and natural rhythms.

The common belief that the time change benefits farmers is a myth; in reality, it disrupts their schedules and affects livestock habits.

As the clocks fall back, the shift means an hour’s less evening sunlight, with sunrises and sunsets occurring earlier, building up towards winter.

Read at Irish Independent