Reminder: Clocks go forward this weekend

This might be a long weekend - due to Monday's Easter Bank Holiday - but it will be shortened slightly when the clocks go forward to mark the start of 'summer time'.

“Summer time” will commence at 1am on Sunday morning - so your clocks and watches should be put forward by an hour at that time.

Commenting on the change, Justice Minister Alan Shatter said: 'Unfortunately many feel after the weather of recent weeks that Spring has passed us by. While none of us can control the weather, I hope that the change in time will usher in better and warmer weather for the second quarter of 2013.”

Summer time will end at 1am on Sunday, October 27, 2013.