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Ciara Phelan

New Bank Holiday Ireland 2022 date confirmed by Cabinet

Cabinet Ministers have signed off on a new Bank Holiday for Ireland which will be Friday, March 18.

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath are due to make the announcement later this morning.

The Bank Holiday, which will fall on March 18 this year, will be a one-off and from 2023 a new bank holiday will fall around St Brigid's Day.

The Irish Mirror also understands that the Cabinet have agreed on the pandemic bonus for frontline healthcare workers.

It will be a €1,000 tax free payment made to public frontline healthcare workers who have worked through the pandemic.

The bonus Bank Holiday is set to be held as a thank you to frontline workers for their dedication during the pandemic (Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Frontline staff who served onsite in a clinical Covid exposed environment during the pandemic will receive the one-off payment.

The Irish Mirror understands healthcare workers in nursing homes and hospices will also be included.

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