Good Friday in N Ireland

[Orior]

The world and her granny get Good Friday and Easter Monday off as public holidays. In the six northern counties of Ireland, things are different. There, Good Friday is an ordinary working day and Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday are public holidays.



The reason? Because Easter Tuesday heralds the start of the Marching Season, so we get the Tuesday off to watch or participate in the parades.

What do you all think of this?

[jellybaby]

Good friday for me is a normal working day

I can see the reasoning behind the public holiday on the Tuesday, but surely Good Friday should still be a Public Holiday

[Tezcatlipoca]

You still get two days off, just Mon & Tues instead of Fri & Mon.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Matt D

You still get two days off, just Mon & Tues instead of Fri & Mon.

better off i reckon , most ppl will be back at work on the tuesday , so you have less chance of traffic jams etc , and for the record , i work good friday as a normal day and get new years eve off instead , some local agreement with the company

[Raistlin]

I get Thursday afternoon off as well

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

better off i reckon , most ppl will be back at work on the tuesday , so you have less chance of traffic jams etc , and for the record , i work good friday as a normal day and get new years eve off instead , some local agreement with the company

Surely Good Friday is a RELIGIOUS holiday ...So I think that denying someone a religious holiday might be a sticky one..

[ikthius]

Originally Posted by Orior

The world and her granny get Good Friday and Easter Monday off as public holidays. In the six northern counties of Ireland, things are different. There, Good Friday is an ordinary working day and Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday are public holidays.

The reason? Because Easter Tuesday heralds the start of the Marching Season, so we get the Tuesday off to watch or participate in the parades.

What do you all think of this?

I get friday & monday, but I don't agree with any marches.

ik

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by ikthius

I get friday & monday, but I don't agree with any marches.

ik

Don't see how you can disagree with something you've already used 22 days of.....

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Surely Good Friday is a RELIGIOUS holiday

So only us religious types should have the day off then....?

I work good Friday and get time and a half

[jrhnewark]

I don't think we can really claim public holidays 'on religious grounds' - if that was the case, I'd start my own cult that had a holiday 364 days a year!!

Surely it doesn't matter? We all get two official days off.. sorted!

Originally Posted by Orior

The world and her granny get Good Friday and Easter Monday off as public holidays. In the six northern counties of Ireland, things are different. There, Good Friday is an ordinary working day and Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday are public holidays.



The reason? Because Easter Tuesday heralds the start of the Marching Season, so we get the Tuesday off to watch or participate in the parades.

What do you all think of this?

Agreed people in Northern Ireland should enjoy Good Friday as a public holiday as in the rest of the UK. It is time now to discourage marches and sectarian festivals on both sides: Unionists & Nationalists.

[Escapee]

I have worked for companies that have the Tuesday off instead of Friday, one company asked our department if we wanted fri/mon or mon/tue.

I remember another company used to have fri/mon for branches in England and mon/tues for those in Wales.

I dont care less, as long as I get 2 days off.

Originally Posted by Russ D

So only us religious types should have the day off then....?

I believe it was made a Bank holiday so as to offer those of a religious frame of mind the chance to dutifully attend church without being penalised by less God fearing employers...