Sinn Féin calls for cross-border bank holidays

The British and Irish governments were urged today to standardise public holidays in Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Sinn Féin calls for cross-border bank holidays
Mon, 02 Jun, 2003 - 11:18

The British and Irish governments were urged today to standardise public holidays in Northern Ireland and the Republic.

As workers in the Republic took advantage of their June Bank Holiday, Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew argued it would make a lot more sense to harmonise Bank Holidays on both sides of the border.

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