Paul Eggert said:
Northern Ireland would remain part of the UK, so remains on GMT/BST. The BBC article was exploring the reverse possibility, i.e., that Scotland would stay on GMT/BST whereas the remaining UK would switch to CET/CEST.
I'm not at all convinced that there's the public support for such a change, particularly if it means losing "Greenwich" from the name.
The Republic of Ireland remains a separate country. As it happens, an Oireachtas committee is considering a time zone change for the Republic of Ireland. [...] However, it could cause Northern Ireland to lean more to switching to CET/CEST,
But NI doesn't have the authority to do that separately - it's not a devolved matter.
and this in turn could make matters more interesting for the Scots, who tend to be opposed to such a change.
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