2027 leave planning · National calendar
Exact workdays to book, the public holidays behind each result, and non-overlapping 10-day and 20-day annual schedule plans.
St Brigid’s Day (Monday 1 February), St Patrick’s Day (Wednesday 17 March), and Easter Monday (29 March) provide three distinct spring leverage windows in 2027.
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Calculations verified 2026-11-06. Default examples below assume a Monday–Friday workweek (Saturday–Sunday rest days) and that listed public holidays are non-working days; use the interactive planner to switch to a 4-day Mon–Thu, Sun–Thu or Tue–Sat workweek.
Compare a standalone long weekend (3–5 days), a one-week break (6–9 days) and an extended break (10–16 days). Each card is an independent single-break option ranked by total days off per leave day booked.
29 Jan 2027 – 1 Feb 2027
Request leave on: 29 Jan 2027. Return to work: 2 Feb 2027.
Holidays used: St Brigid's Day (1 Feb 2027).
30 Jan 2027 – 7 Feb 2027
Request leave on: 2 Feb 2027; 3 Feb 2027; 4 Feb 2027; 5 Feb 2027. Return to work: 8 Feb 2027.
Holidays used: St Brigid's Day (1 Feb 2027).
23 Jan 2027 – 1 Feb 2027
Request leave on: 25 Jan 2027; 26 Jan 2027; 27 Jan 2027; 28 Jan 2027; 29 Jan 2027. Return to work: 2 Feb 2027.
Holidays used: St Brigid's Day (1 Feb 2027).
No holiday-assisted 6–16 day year-end break was returned within a ten-day leave allowance because the relevant holidays fall on weekends. Try another range in the planner.
Leave-year boundary rule: When a December/January break crosses calendar years, check whether your employer deducts January workdays from your 2027 carry-over or your 2028 leave allowance.
Unlike the standalone single-break alternatives above, the schedules below optimize a combined, non-overlapping full-year plan across 2027 for a 10-day versus a 20-day bookable leave allowance.
10 of 10 leave days used across 3 non-overlapping breaks · 0 leave days unused · 3 workday public holidays leveraged.
Unused allowance: All 10 leave days in your allowance are allocated across non-overlapping holiday bridges.
Leave-year boundary: all 10 booked leave days fall within calendar year 2027 (check whether your employer leave year runs Jan–Dec, Apr–Mar or May–Apr).
Open this 10-day schedule in the planner (export .ics or copy HR summary) →20 of 20 leave days used across 5 non-overlapping breaks · 0 leave days unused · 5 workday public holidays leveraged.
Unused allowance: All 20 leave days in your allowance are allocated across non-overlapping holiday bridges.
Leave-year boundary: all 20 booked leave days fall within calendar year 2027 (check whether your employer leave year runs Jan–Dec, Apr–Mar or May–Apr).
Open this 20-day schedule in the planner (export .ics or copy HR summary) →This table lists the 10 public holidays in the model’s 2027 calendar for national calendar. Bank closures, employer-specific days and unannounced replacement days are not silently added.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Saves a Mon–Fri workday? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2027 | Friday | New Year's Day | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 1 Feb 2027 | Monday | St Brigid's Day | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 17 Mar 2027 | Wednesday | St Patrick's Day | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 29 Mar 2027 | Monday | Easter Monday | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 3 May 2027 | Monday | May Day | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 7 Jun 2027 | Monday | June bank holiday | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 2 Aug 2027 | Monday | August bank holiday | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 25 Oct 2027 | Monday | October bank holiday | Yes — weekday (if a non-working day under your contract) |
| 25 Dec 2027 | Saturday | Christmas Day | No — falls on weekend (unless replacement day applies) |
| 26 Dec 2027 | Sunday | St Stephen's Day | No — falls on weekend (unless replacement day applies) |
Official calendar source: Workplace Relations Commission ↗.
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Statutory paid annual leave baseline: 4 working weeks (normally 20 days on a 5-day week). Statutory annual leave is distinct from public holidays: public holidays are calendar dates designated by law or collective agreement, whereas annual leave is your personal bookable allowance.
Good Friday is a bank/school closure in some sectors but is not a statutory public holiday in Ireland. When a public holiday falls on a weekend, there is no automatic legal right to the next Monday off, though employers must provide a paid day off within a month, an additional day of annual leave, or an additional day’s pay.
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