<Tr> <Td> Moveable Monday </Td> <Td> October Holiday </Td> <Td> Lá Saoire i mí Dheireadh Fómhair </Td> <Td> The last Monday in October . (Lá Saoire Oíche Shamhna). First observed in 1977 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 December </Td> <Td> Christmas Day </Td> <Td> Lá Nollag </Td> <Td> Most start Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve (Oíche Nollag), including taking time off work . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 December </Td> <Td> St. Stephen's Day </Td> <Td> Lá Fhéile Stiofáin or Lá an Dreoilín </Td> <Td> The day after Christmas celebrating the feast day of Saint Stephen . Lá an Dreoilín translates as the Day of the Wren . </Td> </Tr> <P> Note that where a public holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, or possibly coincides with another public holiday, it is generally observed (as a day off work) on the next available weekday, even though the public holiday itself does not move . In such cases, an employee is entitled to at least one of the following (as chosen by the employer): a day off within a month, an additional day's paid annual leave or an additional day's pay . The usual practice is, however, to award a day off on the next available weekday . </P>

Is it a bank holiday in southern ireland today