National: When is the next 2024 bank holiday in Ireland?

There's one thing that Irish adults love more than a day off work: getting paid for a day off work. 

There are 10 bank holidays a year, thanks to the latest St Brigid’s Day introduced in February 2023. 

Contrary to popular belief, Good Friday is actually not a bank holiday. While some businesses and schools close, workers are not entitled to time off that day.

The following are the next bank holidays in 2024:

* St Brigid's Day, Monday, February 5

* St Patrick’s Day bank holiday, Monday, March 18 

* Easter is early this year, as it falls on Monday, April 1

* May bank holiday, Monday, May 6

* June bank holiday, Monday, June 3

* August bank holiday, Monday, August 5 

* Halloween bank holiday, Monday, October 28 

* Christmas and St Stephen’s Day, Wednesday, December 25 & Thursday, December 26

If you work for your employer for at least 40 hours in the five weeks before the public holiday, and it falls on a day you normally work, you get paid for the bank holiday day, even if you don’t work. 

If you have to work that day, you are entitled to an extra day's pay.

If you don’t normally work on a certain day but it’s a public holiday, you should get paid one-fifth of your weekly pay.