Monday 19th March a bank holiday?

Random

Paddys Day is on Saturday 17th March. This makes Monday 19th March a bank holiday.

Right?

MrJoeSoap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

Note that where a public holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, or coincides with another public holiday, it is generally observed (as a day off work) on the next available weekday, even though the public holiday itself does not move. In such cases, an employee is entitled to at least one of the following (as chosen by the employer): a day off within a month, an additional day's paid annual leave or an additional day's pay. The usual practice is, however, to award a day off on the next available weekday.

So yes, I think.

nlgbbbblth

I would have thought so

but

no calendar or diary I have seen so far this year has it marked down as a bank holiday whereas all the other days are highlighted.

on one particular calendar 17th March says St Patrick's Day Holiday ROI and 19th March says St Patrick's Day Holiday in Lieu NI

Ruu_Old

That would be correct I reckon.

Flukey

Well it's not Paddys Day or the slightly more correct Paddy's day, but actually St. Patrick's Day, and yes the Monday will indeed be a Bank Holiday. Of course it has now become ruined by all the drunks about the place and vandalism, so it is not a great night to be in town any more. I went to Liverpool for it last year. They celebrate over there. It is actually a very big night in Liverpool. We had a great night, and a great weekend after it. I may be doing it again this year!!!:)

crosstownk

19th a bank holiday - 100%.

Nuttzz

it is a bank holiday alright

Random

Danke Schon.

arseagon

Flukey wrote:

Well it's not Paddys Day or the slightly more correct Paddy's day, but actually St. Patrick's Day, and yes the Monday will indeed be a Bank Holiday. Of course it has now become ruined by all the drunks about the place and vandalism, so it is not a great night to be in town any more. I went to Liverpool for it last year. They celebrate over there. It is actually a very big night in Liverpool. We had a great night, and a great weekend after it. I may be doing it again this year!!!:)

You are incorrect there. "Paddy's" is an abbreviation of "Paddy is" and again on "St Patrick's" which is an abbreviation of "St Patrick is". The OP would have been correct to say Paddys' if he'd intended a plural to be used or indeed St Patricks' . Both of which are gramatically correct (Damn I have way too much time on my hands as do you Flukey)

*Skulks away with an enlarged sense of bigheadedness


*edit dammit I just realised i'm wrong too, there should be no ' after Paddys or St Patricks. They're plurals in their own right.

liamo

zippy28 wrote:

You are incorrect there. "Paddy's" is an abbreviation of "Paddy is" and again on "St Patrick's" which is an abbreviation of "St Patrick is". The OP would have been correct to say Paddys' if he'd intended a plural to be used or indeed St Patricks' . Both of which are gramatically correct (Damn I have way too much time on my hands as do you Flukey)

OK, I'll bite

Paddy's can be an an abbreviation of "Paddy is". However, in this context it means "of Paddy", "belonging to Paddy", etc. The 's denotes possession. Ditto for "St Patrick's".

If you're going to be a punctuation Nazi, at least get it right!

seamus

Monday 19th of March is not a public holiday.

However, it will be almost universally observed that employees will receive that day off, if they would normally have had a day off on the St. Patrick's Day bank holiday. If the employee would normally work a bank holiday, they will work the Monday (or the Saturday) and receive the standard compensatory entitlement.

mikedragon32

zippy28 wrote:

You are incorrect there. "Paddy's" is an abbreviation of "Paddy is" and again on "St Patrick's" which is an abbreviation of "St Patrick is". The OP would have been correct to say Paddys' if he'd intended a plural to be used or indeed St Patricks' . Both of which are gramatically correct (Damn I have way too much time on my hands as do you Flukey)

*Skulks away with an enlarged sense of bigheadedness


*edit dammit I just realised i'm wrong too, there should be no ' after Paddys or St Patricks. They're plurals in their own right.

You'll never make it into Spell Czech now!

petes

The diary I have in front of me says its a holiday. I can't wait.

ciaran76

My diary has "Public Holiday in lieu of St. Patrick's Day in Rep. of Ireland"

Kwekubo

If I'm not mistaken, 19 March this year is what's known as a banker's holiday. This means that, while all banks will be closed, if any other sort of company that usually works on Saturdays was closed on 17 March, the company will not be obliged to give its workers an additional holiday on 19 March. So you may well have to work that Monday.