Full list of bank holidays in Ireland 2025 - including Easter and Christmas dates
Everything you need to know to help maximise your annual leave next year
As we bid farewell to another year and look forward to 2025, it's worth looking ahead to when Bank Holidays fall next year so you can maximise your annual leave.
Here's your guide to when these holidays fall in the coming year, as well as what you're entitled to in terms of work, reports RSVP Live.
The full list of bank and public holidays are as follows:
- Wednesday, January 1 - New Year's Day
- Monday, February 3 - St Brigid's Day
- Monday, March 17 - Saint Patrick's Day
- Monday, April 21 - Easter Monday
- Monday, May 5 - May Day
- Monday, June 2 - June Bank Holiday
- Monday, August 4 - August Bank Holiday
- Monday, October 27 - October Bank Holiday
- Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day
- Friday, December 26 - St Stephen's Day
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Since 2023, we've been marking St Brigid's Day with a new annual public holiday in early February. This falls on the first Monday of February, unless St Brigid's Day (February 1) lands on a Friday, in which case Friday, February 1 becomes the public holiday. Good Friday, which falls on April 18 in 2025, is not a public holiday. While some schools and businesses close on that day, you have no automatic entitlement to time off work.
It's worth keeping track of these dates as they can help you maximise your annual leave by availing of the bank holidays for additional leave when the opportunity allows. However, not all public holidays land on a weekday and it's a common misconception that the following Monday becomes a public holiday if the actual holiday falls on a weekend.
This isn't the case. If a public holiday does fall on a weekend, there's no automatic legal right to have the next working day off. Some employers might treat the following Monday as a public holiday, but they can also require you to work.
Under the Organisation of Working Time Act, most employees are entitled to paid leave for bank holiday periods. If a bank holiday lands on your usual working day and you're required to work, you're 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
For those receiving social welfare or Child Benefit, public holidays can often alter the payment schedule, leading to early payment.
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