There are 9 bank holidays in Ireland in 2021 .
A Bank Holiday is a day on which the banks are closed. BUT – not all bank holidays are Public Holidays.
The next bank holiday in Ireland that is also a public holiday will be the October Bank Holiday 2021 on Monday, October 25th 2021 .
Bank Holidays in Ireland in 2021
Unless stated otherwise – all the dates below are both Public and Bank Holidays in Ireland in 2021
| Friday, Jan 1st 2021. New Year’s Day | |
| Wednesday 17th March 2021 – St Patricks Day | |
| Friday 2nd April 2021 – Good Friday | (Bank Holiday only – Not a Public Holiday) |
| 5th April 2021 – Easter Monday | |
| May 3rd 2021 – May Day Bank Holiday | |
| Monday, June 7th 2021- June Bank Holiday | |
| Monday August 2nd 2021 – August Bank Holiday | |
| Monday, October 25th 2021 – October Bank Holiday | |
| Saturday 25th December 2021 – Christmas Day | |
| Sunday 26th December 2021 – St Stephens Day | |
| Monday 27th December 2021 | (Banks closed – not a Public Holiday) |
| Tuesday 28th December 2021 | (Banks closed – not a Public Holiday) |
Public Holidays – Workers rights:
When a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, some people assume that the following Monday is treated as a public holiday. But this is not the case.
If a public holiday falls on a weekend, workers do not have any automatic legal entitlement to have the next working day off work. When this happens – some employers might treat the following Monday as a public holiday but your employer can require you to attend work on that day.
If a public holiday falls on a day that is not a normal working day for a business (for example, on Saturday or Sunday), employees are still entitled to the benefit for that public holiday.
When this happens you are entitled to one of the following
- A paid day off within a month of the public holiday
- An additional day of annual leave
- An additional day’s pay