The Irish Tourism Industry Confederation has urged the Government to introduce a one-off bank holiday this September. The ITIC said that creating an additional bank holiday at the end of September would stretch the domestic tourism season as well as reward a hard-pressed public.
The business group represents all key tourism and hospitality stakeholders - including Aer Lingus, the Daa, the Irish Hotels Federation and the attraction sector It said that with only nine bank holidays, Ireland compares unfavourably to the rest of Europe. "Considering the impact of the pandemic, now is the year for Ireland to create a bank holiday on the last Monday in September," Eoghan O'Mara Walsh, CEO of ITIC, said.