# Ireland Working Day

> Checks an Ireland date against the Saturday-Sunday baseline and exact 2026-2027 national statutory public holidays. Good Friday is a normal working day and weekend holidays are not automatically moved to Monday.

- Calculator id: `ireland-working-day` · Category: Everyday Life (`everyday`) · Tool name: `check_ireland_working_day`
- Canonical page: https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/ireland-working-day · This document: https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/ireland-working-day.md · JSON definition: https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/ireland-working-day.json

## Purpose

Checks an Ireland date against the Saturday-Sunday baseline and exact 2026-2027 national statutory public holidays. Good Friday is a normal working day and weekend holidays are not automatically moved to Monday.

**Use when:** You need an Ireland national statutory public-holiday result.

**Do not use when:** You need an employer, bank, school, sector, local or individually selected benefit day.

## Example user requests

- Is 2027-02-01 an Ireland working day?


## Input

| Parameter | Type | Unit | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `date` | date |  | required | Gregorian date in Ireland national 2026-2027 coverage. |

## Output

| Field | Type | Unit | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `territory` | string |  | IE (Ireland). |
| `territory_name` | string |  | Ireland. |
| `weekday` | string |  | Gregorian weekday. |
| `is_working_day` | boolean |  | Monday-Friday with no national statutory public holiday. |
| `holiday_names` | string_list |  | National statutory public holidays applying on the date. |
| `calendar_scope` | string |  | National statutory public holidays over a Monday-Friday baseline. |
| `good_friday_policy` | string |  | Good Friday is not a public holiday. |
| `weekend_holiday_policy` | string |  | No automatic next-working-day closure is inferred. |
| `calendar_profile` | string |  | ireland-public-holidays. |
| `dataset_version` | string |  | Pinned Ireland WRC package. |
| `sources` | list |  | Official Irish government regulator and legislation sources. |

## Formula

`is_working_day = Monday-Friday and no exact national statutory public holiday`

Apply WRC national statutory dates over the Saturday-Sunday baseline; do not infer employer benefit days.

## Data Sources

- Workplace Relations Commission public holidays — https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/public-holidays/ (government_regulator)
- Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 — https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/act/pub/0020/index.html (government_legislation)
- Government of Ireland St Brigid's Day public holiday announcement — https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-the-taoiseach/press-releases/government-agrees-covid-recognition-payment-and-new-public-holiday/ (government)

Data freshness: `static`. Refresh after WRC or Irish Government changes to the statutory list.

## API

- `GET https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/ireland-working-day?date=…`
- `POST https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/ireland-working-day` with JSON body `{"inputs": {…}}`
- Response: unified envelope (`success`, `request`, `result.values`, `result.units`, `sources`, `freshness`, `timestamp`, `next_actions`, `links`); see https://tttkmbb.com/docs/response-format.md
- Schema: https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculators/ireland-working-day · OpenAPI operationId `check_ireland_working_day` in https://tttkmbb.com/openapi.json
- Authentication: none. Rate limit: fair use, see https://tttkmbb.com/docs/rate-limits.md.

## MCP

- Server: `https://tttkmbb.com/mcp` (Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0, no auth)
- Tool: `check_ireland_working_day` (dedicated) or `run_calculator` with `{"calculator_id": "ireland-working-day", "inputs": {…}}`

## Example

- St Brigid's Day: inputs `{"date":"2027-02-01"}` → `{"is_working_day":false}`
- Good Friday remains a working day: inputs `{"date":"2027-03-26"}` → `{"is_working_day":true}`

```
GET https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/ireland-working-day?date=2027-02-01
```

## Limitations

You need an employer, bank, school, sector, local or individually selected benefit day. Apply WRC national statutory dates over the Saturday-Sunday baseline; do not infer employer benefit days. All values are computed from the formula above; no measurement or live data is involved.

## FAQ

**Is Good Friday a public holiday?**

No. The WRC identifies Good Friday as a normal working day.

## Related

- [Add Ireland Working Days](https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/ireland-add-working-days.md) — Offset through the same national package.