The six remaining bank holidays in Ireland and who is entitled to a day off

The Easter bank holiday weekend may be over, but fear not as there are six more long weekends to enjoy this year.

If you’re looking to book some extra time off, using the remaining bank holidays you can extend your days off without eating into your annual leave.

May, June, August, and October will all feature a long weekend, followed by two more in December so there will be plenty of opportunity for a break.

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Generally these days take place on a Monday but there are some exceptions to the rule (such as St Stephen's Day, which falls on a Tuesday this year).

While many of these days are called bank holidays - a bank holiday does not necessarily mean it is a public holiday.

For example, Good Friday is a bank holiday but it is not considered a public holiday meaning there is no automatic holiday entitlements for employees.

Full-time workers have an automatic entitlement to benefit for public holidays and part-time workers have entitlement to benefits when they have worked a total of 40 hours in the previous five weeks.

If you qualify for this public holiday benefit, you are entitled to one of the following:

• A paid day off on the public holiday
• An additional day of annual leave
• An additional day's pay
• A paid day off within a month of the public holiday

Here are the remaining public holidays in 2023:

May

May Day is on Monday, May 1

June

The June bank holiday is on Monday, June 5

August

The August bank holiday is on Monday, August 7

October

The October bank holiday is on Monday, October 30

December

Christmas Day is on Monday, December 25 and St Stephen's Day is on Tuesday, December 26

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