Good Friday

Representatives of the Labour Party in Cork city are calling for Good Friday, which commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary, ...

“Even if a worker is rostered to work on a public holiday, they are entitled to a benefit either by additional annual leave at another time or additional pay. It’s deeply unfair that some workers benefit due to the benevolence of their employer, while others do not. Laura Harmon, Labour Party local area representative for Cork City South West said the benefits of public holidays to workers, with additional time to rest, relax, and spend quality time with friends and family, were well known, but there was also a benefit to the local economy in Cork as a whole.

There's already been a new long weekend added to the calendar this year - but one Cork politician says we deserve another. Labour Councillor John Maher is ...

There are 10 Bank Holidays in total this year. It is the first Bank Holiday granted in commemoration of an Irish female patron saint. - Monday, June 5 - June Bank Holiday Hard work deserves a reward. It’s deeply unfair that some workers benefit due to the benevolence of their employer, while others do not." There are some employers in Cork who treat Good Friday as a discretionary day, however, we know that the majority of workers in retail, tourism and hospitality fail to benefit from this.

Easter Sunday falls this coming Sunday, April 9 this year, with most schools having closed on Friday, March 31. Good Friday is on April 7 and pubs and off- ...

Between April 1 and 10, the Easter Bunny will visit Luggwoods forest in Crooksling, Dublin. Most employees are entitled to paid leave on public holidays. Most schools finished up on Friday March 31, and reopen after the Easter break on Monday April 17.

On the eve of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 14,000 people worked in clothes manufacturing in Northern Ireland. The most recent comparable figures, ...

The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland also fell rapidly in the years after the agreement and remains lower than in Scotland, Wales or the north east of England. The clearest evidence they find of this dividend in Northern Ireland is in the jobs market. On the eve of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 14,000 people worked in clothes manufacturing in Northern Ireland.

The treaty will be available for members of the public to view at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in Belfast.

Other documents on display include a record of the first official NIO meeting with a Sinn Fein delegation led by Martin McGuinness in December 1994, plans by the then-secretary of state to change the public image of Parliament Buildings, Stormont, notes from meetings with the late John Hume and David Trimble in April 1998 and from discussions with the Orange Order in November 1998. PRONI acting director, David Huddleston said: “Today is a day of firsts – the first time that the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement has been in Northern Ireland since 1998, the first time that PRONI and the National Archives Ireland have delivered a joint public event. The document is on loan from The National Archives (UK) to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the agreement and will make its first public appearance in Northern Ireland at a joint event hosted by PRONI and the National Archives Ireland On the Record: Reflections on the Belfast Agreement (Good Friday Agreement).

Speaking at the PEACE Campus site in Monaghan Town, Minister Humphreys said: “As we approach the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday agreement, ...

The PEACE PLUS Programme Area includes Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of Ireland (Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth). PEACE PLUS is a new cross-border EU funding programme for the period 2021-27, which will succeed both of the current (2014-20) PEACE IV and INTERREG VA Programmes. “I am very pleased that my Department of Rural and Community Development shares responsibility for the PEACE IV Programme and has been able to provide essential co-funding and support for over eighty projects, North and South of the border, including the Monaghan Peace Campus.

Labour workers' rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has urged Government to end the discretionary treatment of Good Friday by introducing it as a permanent ...

“The failure to regularise the situation points to a Government out of touch with many workers in the economy. There are some employers who treat Good Friday as a discretionary day, however we know that the majority of workers in retail, tourism and hospitality fail to benefit from this. It’s deeply unfair that some workers benefit due to the benevolence of their employer, while others do not.

The Good Friday Agreement should only be changed with cross community consent in Northern Ireland, former prime minister Sir Tony Blair has warned.

But I think they can always be made if there’s leadership, if people are prepared to lead and the essence of leadership is being prepared to do difficult things.” “I realised John Major had put a lot of effort in. “And I think it just takes time, it takes quite a lot of time.” “One of things I learned about the peace process is you can create an agreement, and you can create a legal framework, and you can do the reforms and pass the laws, but that’s not the same as two communities trusting each other,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s possible to change it unless you get the most important elements in Northern Ireland politics in agreement.” “People often ask me whether there’s a case for reviewing the Good Friday Agreement, the institutions, the way one party essentially can veto the process, and I always say to people that of course there is a case for reviewing it and, in time, maybe that review process will yield a change,” he said.

Labour workers' rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has urged Government to end the discretionary treatment of Good Friday by introducing it as a permanent ...

“The failure to regularise the situation points to a Government out of touch with many workers in the economy. There are some employers who treat Good Friday as a discretionary day, however we know that the majority of workers in retail, tourism and hospitality fail to benefit from this. It’s deeply unfair that some workers benefit due to the benevolence of their employer, while others do not.

The Labour Party have urged the Government to make Good Friday a permanent public holiday for all workers, ending its status as merely discretionary.

Even if a worker is rostered to work on a public holiday, they are entitled to a benefit either by additional annual leave at another time or additional pay. It’s deeply unfair that some workers benefit due to the benevolence of their employer, while others do not. “Labour is calling on Government to make Good Friday a bank holiday for all workers to provide equality across the board.