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There are 10 public holidays in Ireland each year (increased from 9 in 2022). Public holidays may commemorate a special day or other event, for example, Saint Patrick's Day (17 March) or Christmas Day (25 December). Since 2023, there has been a new annual public holiday in early February to mark St Brigid’s Day. The public holiday is the St. Patrick’s Day 2025 falls on Monday March 17th and it is a Public Holiday in Ireland. It is a requirement that full-time employees, and eligible part-time employees, are given their public holiday statutory entitlement for Monday 17th March 2025. An additional day of annual leave; An additional day’s pay; Part-time/casual employees are also entitled to one of these benefits but only if they have worked at least 40 hours in the 5 weeks leading up to St. Patrick’s Day or any other public holiday. Where the public holiday falls on a day that you normally work or are scheduled to work then: St Patrick’s Day is one of ten public holidays each year in Ireland There are 10 public holidays in Ireland each year. Since 2023, there has been a new annual public holiday to mark St Brigid’s Day, on the first Monday in February, except where St Brigid’s Day (February 1) happens to fall on a Friday, in which case that day will be a There are nine statutory public holidays available to employees under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 as follows: New Years Day (January 1), St Patrick’s Day (March 17), Easter Monday, First Monday in May, First Monday in June, First Monday in August, Last Monday in October, Christmas Day (December 25) and St Stephen’s Day St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday, 17 th March and; Easter Monday, Monday, 1 st April. Please note Good Friday is not a public holiday. Please note that this year St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday. Employees do not have an automatic legal entitlement to have the next working day recognised as a Public Holiday. 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 applied to Monday March 18th in 2024. (The day after St Patricks Day). Workers are not legally entitled to a paid day off – although the banks and several other employers will be giving staff a paid day off. St Patrick's Day 2024 and Public Holiday Entitlements February 29, 2024 St Patrick’s Day 2024 is celebrated on March 17 and is a public holiday. While the public holiday falls on the same date, even if it falls on a Sunday as it does this year, the public holiday benefit may not fall to the next working day. Therefore, Employee A is entitled to receive a paid day off on St. Patrick’s Day (i.e. option a above). Employee B works 5 days a week and is not required to work on St. Patrick’s Day as the Organisation only operates Monday – Friday. The Organisation has elected to close on Monday, 18th March 2024 to mark the public holiday instead. The 10 Public Holidays for 2023 are: New Year’s Day – 2 nd January (in lieu of 1 st) St. Brigid’s Day – 6 th February; St. Patrick’s Day – 17 th March; Easter Monday – 10 th April; May Bank Holiday – 1 st May; June Bank Holiday – 5 th June; August Bank Holiday– 7 th August; October Bank Holiday – 30 th October; Christmas Patrick's Day Public Holiday Entitlements March 07, 2024 Employees have a statutory entitlement to benefit for the Patrick’s Day public holiday on Sunday 17th of March 2024. A full-time employee is entitled to the public holiday benefit from day one of their employment. In Ireland, there are 9 public holidays each year, like St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas Day. If you’re a full-time employee, you’re entitled to these days off with pay. But if you’re part-time or don’t usually work on the day a public holiday falls, you might get a different arrangement, like an extra day of annual leave or additional In Ireland, there are 9 public holidays each year, like St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas Day. If you’re a full-time employee, you’re entitled to these days off with pay. But if you’re part-time or don’t usually work on the day a public holiday falls, you might get a different arrangement, like an extra day of annual leave or additional In Ireland, there are 9 public holidays each year, like St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas Day. If you’re a full-time employee, you’re entitled to these days off with pay. But if you’re part-time or don’t usually work on the day a public holiday falls, you might get a different arrangement, like an extra day of annual leave or additional Public Holiday Entitlement Public Holiday Entitlement 1. How many public holidays are there in Ireland? 2023 will see the introduction of Ireland’s 10th public holiday. The public holidays are now as follows: A. New Year’s Day B. The first Monday in February, except where the 1st of February is a Friday, in which case it will be that Friday In Ireland, there are 9 public holidays each year, like St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas Day. If you’re a full-time employee, you’re entitled to these days off with pay. But if you’re part-time or don’t usually work on the day a public holiday falls, you might get a different arrangement, like an extra day of annual leave or additional In Ireland, there are 9 public holidays each year, like St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas Day. If you’re a full-time employee, you’re entitled to these days off with pay. But if you’re part-time or don’t usually work on the day a public holiday falls, you might get a different arrangement, like an extra day of annual leave or additional In Ireland, there are 9 public holidays each year, like St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas Day. If you’re a full-time employee, you’re entitled to these days off with pay. But if you’re part-time or don’t usually work on the day a public holiday falls, you might get a different arrangement, like an extra day of annual leave or additional Starting in 2023, Ireland introduced a new annual public holiday to celebrate St Brigid’s Day. This holiday is observed on the first Monday of February. However, if the 1st of February falls on a Friday, then that Friday becomes a public holiday instead. The St Brigid’s Day public holiday falls on Monday, Feb 3rd this St. Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland in 1903 with the passing of the Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act 1903, which was introduced by Irish MP James O'Mara. In 1927, O'Mara introduced the law that banned the sale of alcohol on St. Patrick's Day to prevent drinking on a religious holiday.
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