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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Ireland  (Eire)

The list of Ireland bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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18 Jul 2007 (Ireland.com) The Vatican has announced that Saint Patrick's Day would be observed on March 15, 2008, instead of the traditional date of March 17, since Saint Patrick's, will coincide with the second day of the Holy Week and under the Catholic Church's rules, the saint's feast day does not rank as high as the Monday before Easter. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Ireland public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Laws: Official public holidays in the Republic of Irelans are governed by the Public Holidays Act 56/1924, which amended the The Bank Holidays Act of 1871, the Holidays Extension Act of 1875, and the Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act of 1903. These were later amended by the Holidays (Employees) Act 1973 and the Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 91 of 1993) which made the first Monday in May a public holiday, starting in 1994. • May Bank Holiday may also breferred to as May Day Bank Holiday. June Bank Holiday may sometimes be called Spring Bank Holiday. August Bank Holiday is also known as Summer Bank Holiday. October Bank Holiday may also be called Hallowe'en or Hallowe'en Bank Holiday. • Good Friday is not an official public holiday, although many are given it off. On Good Friday almost everything (including pubs & restaurants) is closed. For dinner on this day you should reserve ahead at a hotel . • Public holidays falling on WEEKENDS: - While it is clear about the entitlements of employees regarding time off work and public holidays, there is no specific provision in law governing what happens when a public holiday falls on a weekend in Ireland. - Where a public holiday falls on a weekend, you do not have any automatic legal entitlement to have the next working day off work. This occurred over Christmas 2004 where Christmas Day (25th December) and St. Stephen's Day (26th December) fell on a Saturday and Sunday respectively. (New Year's Day 2005 also fell on a Saturday). You are entitled to the normal arrangements concerning employment and public holidays - that is: - A paid day off within a month of the public holiday - An additional day of annual leave - An additional day's pay - The nearest church holiday to the public holiday as a paid day off. - In these cases, Monday 27th December 2004, Tuesday 28th December 2004 and Monday 3rd January 2005 are not public holidays. Source: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment of Ireland. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Ireland central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Ireland, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Ireland, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Ireland, before planning any trip to Ireland. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.