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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Northern Ireland

The list of Northern 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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25 Jul 2007 (The Telegraph) Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he is set to make July 24 a national day for celebrating volunteering - and possibly make it a new bank holiday. • 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. • 30 Jan 2007 (BBC News) Many workers in Northern Ireland could get an extra 10 days paid holiday within two years under new government plans. At the moment, some bosses include bank holidays as part of their staff's 20-day annual leave entitlement, but under Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain's plan, employers will no longer be able to force staff to take these as part of their statutory leave. These plans would give workers in Northern Ireland two days more holiday than those in Great Britain. • 01 Dec 2006 Next parliamentary elections, for Northern Ireland - March 7, 2007. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Northern Ireland public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend are moved to the following Monday. • May Day Bank Holiday is sometimes referred to as Early May Bank Holiday. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of England (Northern 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 Northern 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 Northern 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 Northern Ireland, before planning any trip to Northern Ireland. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.