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Bank and Public Holidays for
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Northern Ireland bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from
the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database,
the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by
the world's
foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for
private, non-professional, use. |
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Sun |
New Year's Day
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Mon |
New Year's Day (day in lieu)
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Saint Patrick's Day
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Mon |
Saint Patrick's Day (day in lieu)
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Good Friday
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Easter Monday
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May Day Bank Holiday
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Spring Bank Holiday
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Queen's Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday
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Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day)
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Summer Bank Holiday
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Christmas Day
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Boxing Day
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Recent News and Updates |
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25 Jul 2007 (The Telegraph) Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he is set to make July 24 a national day for celebrating volunteering - and possibly make it a new bank holiday.
18 Jul 2007 (Ireland.com) The Vatican has announced that Saint Patrick's Day would be observed on March 15, 2008, instead of the traditional date of March 17, since Saint Patrick's, will coincide with the second day of the Holy Week and under the Catholic Church's rules, the saint's feast day does not rank as high as the Monday before Easter.
30 Jan 2007 (BBC News) Many workers in Northern Ireland could get an extra 10 days paid holiday within two years under new government plans.
01 Dec 2006 (IFES Election Guide) Next parliamentary elections, for Northern Ireland - March 7, 2007.
More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Northern Ireland public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters. |
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Background Information |
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Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend are moved to the following Monday.
May Day Bank Holiday is sometimes referred to as Early May Bank Holiday.
Northern Ireland International Codes GB and GBR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .uk (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Northern Ireland information and news: Bank of England (Northern Ireland central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Northern Ireland maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Northern Ireland), and Wikipedia (includes Northern Ireland commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays). |
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Footnotes |
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Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Northern Ireland, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Northern Ireland, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Northern Ireland. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. |
Disclaimer
In many parts of
the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local
authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of
2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Northern Ireland, we
cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented
above. You are therefore advised to verify
the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Northern Ireland, before planning any
trip to Northern Ireland. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit
our
worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free
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