Construction7 min
CIF Construction Shutdown: When Building Sites Close for Christmas and Summer
Shutdown periods are not legally mandated, but most CIF sites treat them as hard stops. Contracts and payment cycles need to reflect that.
Matt W.
Founder of the Working Day Calculator network
About Matt W.
Matt W. is the founder of the Working Day Calculator network and researches and maintains statutory holiday and business deadline tools across Canada, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, Singapore, and Australia. Articles are verified against official government sources before publication.
Articles by Matt W.
Guides and reference articles written for the Ireland Working Day Calculator.
Property7 min
LSI Conveyancing Shutdown: The Christmas Dead Zone for Property Deals
There may be no formal national shutdown, but in practice most conveyancing offices go quiet from late December to early January.
Employment Law8 min
WRC Complaint Deadlines: The 6-Month Clock That Catches Everyone
The WRC clock starts on the date of the contravention, not the day you found out. That small detail catches people every day.
Legal10 min
Circuit Court Time Limits: The Deadlines That Determine Your Case
Limitation periods are absolute. Procedural deadlines are more flexible, but missing them still carries real risk.
Employment Law9 min
Employment Notice Periods in Ireland: the bits people trip over
The statutory minimums are only the starting point. Here are the thresholds and counting quirks that most often cause diary disasters.
Property11 min
Conveyancing deadlines in Ireland: the 5-day sprint and the Christmas dead zone
The headline quirk: key steps can be due in 5 working days, and 'working day' itself quietly removes the week after Christmas.
Public Holidays10 min
Irish Public Holidays 2026: what actually changes your deadline
Two common surprises: a public holiday doesn't automatically 'move' if it lands on a weekend, and Good Friday still isn't a statutory public holiday.
Legal12 min
Irish court deadlines: the 5pm rule, the under-6-days rule, and the August pause
The deadline you think you have and the deadline Order 122 gives you are sometimes different -- especially for short periods and late-day service.
Deadlines10 min
Working days vs calendar days in Ireland: the definition depends on who's asking
The same Friday in April can be a normal working day for conveyancing, a 'non-reckonable' day for short court deadlines, and a day off in many offices anyway.