We love our bank holidays in Ireland, but where did they come from, who gets to decide when they are - and when's the next one?

Every cow calved is a step closer to finishing the calving season, writes Cork-based dairy farmer Paula Hynes.

Renowned Australian economist and former Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin ... as the world’s second-largest economy slowed. Loading He said a broader problem was the impact of the ...

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Norfolk — is going through “an evolution, putting in necessary investments to stay on top of the times” as a tourism destination, says Sean Washington, the city’s director of economic development. The ...

Landing on the first Monday in February, the St Brigid’s Bank Holiday weekend has been in place since it was introduced in 2023, providing a much needed long weekend for those in need after a ...

More info Gardaí nabbed an audacious driver zooming at 125km/h in a 100km/h zone, one of a thousand motorists caught speeding over the Bank Holiday weekend. Gardaí have been conducting an ...

The city will play host to BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend as well as welcoming back the Queen Anne Cruise Ship over the Spring bank holiday weekend at the end of May. The final games of the Premier ...

Bank holiday today ... of various regional and national holidays on: February 3, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 26 and 28, under the Negotiable Instruments Act. For the weekend offs, banks will be closed ...

Gardaí in Co Leitrim have issued a warning ahead of the bank holiday weekend after a driver tested positive for cannabis. Gardaí from Leitrim Community Policing Unit stopped a car in the ...

However, three of those deaths were during the bank holiday weekend campaign. She said: "It is devastating to have to be the person to knock on someone's door after a serious incident, whether it ...