> And here’s something else I learned: Pre-independence Ireland once operated it...

> And here’s something else I learned: Pre-independence Ireland once operated its own time zone — Dublin Time — which was stamped out by the British as punishment for the Easter Rising.

Does anyone know where the author got this from?

Wikipedia suggests that it was done to facilitate telegraphs, which makes a lot more sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_Republic_of_Irelan...