# Count Ireland Working Days

> Counts national working and non-working dates in an Ireland 2026-2027 range.

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

## Purpose

Counts national working and non-working dates in an Ireland 2026-2027 range.

**Use when:** You need an auditable Ireland national working-day count.

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

## Example user requests

- Count Ireland working days from 2027-01-29 to 2027-02-03.


## Input

| Parameter | Type | Unit | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `start_date` | date |  | required | First date in 2026-2027. |
| `end_date` | date |  | required | Last date in 2026-2027. |
| `include_start_date` | boolean |  | optional, default true | Whether start_date participates. |
| `include_end_date` | boolean |  | optional, default true | Whether end_date participates. |

## Output

| Field | Type | Unit | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `working_days` | integer |  | Ireland national working dates. |
| `non_working_days` | integer |  | Weekend and exact national statutory public holiday dates. |
| `public_holidays_counted` | list |  | Exact national events in the range. |
| `territory` | string |  | IE (Ireland). |
| `territory_name` | string |  | Ireland. |
| `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

`for each included date: working_days += Ireland status.is_working_day`

Normalize endpoints and count the exact national package over the Saturday-Sunday baseline.

## 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`. Pinned 2026-2027 package.

## API

- `GET https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/ireland-working-days-between?start_date=…&end_date=…`
- `POST https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/ireland-working-days-between` 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-days-between · OpenAPI operationId `count_ireland_working_days` 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:  `run_calculator` with `{"calculator_id": "ireland-working-days-between", "inputs": {…}}`

## Example

- St Brigid's Day week: inputs `{"start_date":"2027-01-29","end_date":"2027-02-03","include_start_date":true,"include_end_date":true}` → `{"working_days":3}`

```
GET https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/ireland-working-days-between?start_date=2027-01-29&end_date=2027-02-03&include_start_date=true&include_end_date=true
```

## Limitations

You need employer, school, bank, sector or individually selected benefit schedules. Normalize endpoints and count the exact national package over the Saturday-Sunday baseline. All values are computed from the formula above; no measurement or live data is involved.

## FAQ

**Does this count employer benefit days?**

No. It counts statutory public holidays and the Monday-Friday baseline only.

## Related

- [Ireland Working Day](https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/ireland-working-day.md) — Inspect a date and source evidence.