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'"Ireland get nine bank holidays a year, we're down the bottom of the EU charts...''

People Before Profit is proposing 3 extra Bank Holidays - February 1st, the last Monday in Septem...

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17.18 30 Jul 2021


'"Ireland get nine bank holidays a year, we're down the bottom of the EU charts...''


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17.18 30 Jul 2021


People Before Profit is proposing 3 extra Bank Holidays - February 1st, the last Monday in September and the last Monday in November. 

While a long weekend is always nice, do we actually need them and what impact would this have on businesses around the country?

Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD from Dublin South West joined Joe Molloy to talk through the proposal as did David Hall, CEO of The Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation...

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