No — today is not a public holiday in Ireland

How to tell if today is a public holiday in Ireland

Ireland recognises ten public holidays under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, raised from nine by the addition of Saint Brigid's Day on the first Monday of February in 2023, the first new Irish public holiday since the 1990s. The list includes New Year's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, Easter Monday, the first Mondays of May, June, August and October, Christmas Day and Saint Stephen's Day on 26 December. Good Friday is widely observed by closures and historically by a pub trading ban until the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2018 lifted the restriction, but it has never been a statutory public holiday under the 1997 Act.

That structure is why a simple "is it a holiday today" answer for Ireland is more nuanced than a single yes or no. A date can be a public holiday at the national level, a regional one observed only in certain states or provinces, or a banking holiday that closes financial settlement without closing every employer. The status shown above reflects the nationally recognised public holiday list for Ireland; if you are in a specific region, check the full calendar for the local additions that do not appear on the national list.

Working days and the holiday calendar in Ireland

Working day in Irish civil procedure and the Interpretation Act 2005 typically means any day except Saturday, Sunday and a public holiday. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. Statutory annual leave under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 is four working weeks, twenty days for a five-day week. Bank settlement of euro transactions runs on TARGET2 since Ireland joined the eurozone in 1999; domestic Irish bank-to-bank clearing uses the Central Bank of Ireland's calendar, which mirrors the ten statutory public holidays.

Right now there are about 31 full working days between today and August Bank Holiday, counting Monday to Friday and skipping any other public holidays in between. If you are scheduling a deliverable, a delivery, or a meeting that depends on people being at their desks in Ireland, that is the realistic window you have before the next closure.

For cross-border planning, overlay the Ireland calendar with the calendars of the other countries your team works with. A week that looks completely open from your side can be a national holiday on theirs, and the clash only shows up when you compare the two side by side. The full holiday page links into a country-by-country comparison so you can spot the weeks where almost nobody is at their desk before you commit to a date.

Holiday dates are compiled from Nager.Date and the national sources listed above. Regional and substitute-day rules vary; for legal deadlines, confirm the observed date with the relevant official calendar for Ireland.