With the global 'Doomsday Clock' whizzing towards political Armageddon, summertime can bring a grand stretch for the soul amid the darkness
But this time seven years ago one of the most pressing issues in the European Union was: should we keep winding the clocks backwards and forwards?
The change was parked. The great world turned, and suddenly European governments were consulting their populations about more urgent things like what to stockpile in case your nation is annexed by Russia. Or maybe America. Other parts of our little Atlantic rock can be even duller. The longest recorded stretch with no sunshine is 16 days which occurred once in Belmullet in 1956, before being equalled in Cork in 2019.
Experts say this chronic lack of daylight can disrupt a body’s circadian rhythm, leading to feelings of fatigue, irritability, and low energy.From the ancient Irish who built their celestial Newgrange time machine to welcome those first precious rays of the new astrological year, and send the departed on their way to the afterlife.
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