Business Days in March 2024 for Ireland
March 2024 has 20 working days under the Irish public holiday calendar. March 2024 contains one Irish public holiday on a weekday. The month covers 31 calendar days, of which 10 are Saturday and Sunday. That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of working days in Ireland.
working days
20
Calendar Days
31
Weekend Days
10
public holidays
1
Work Weeks
4.0
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 wknd | 3 wknd | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 wknd | 10 wknd |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 wknd | 17 wknd |
18 St Patrick's Day (observed) | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 wknd | 24 wknd |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 wknd | 31 wknd |
public holidays in March 2024
Ireland March deadlines
Form CT1 corporation tax filings for June year-end companies are due March 23 under the 9-month rule (9 months after year-end). VAT3 for January-February bimonthly is due March 19 or March 23 via ROS. Stamp duty filings on share transfers run through ROS. ECB Governing Council interest-rate decision in early March moves SEPA Credit Transfer cycle pricing. End of Q1 close for many calendar-year subsidiaries.
Day-of-Week Distribution
The count of each weekday in March 2024. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.
| Day | Count |
|---|---|
| Monday | 4 |
| Tuesday | 4 |
| Wednesday | 4 |
| Thursday | 4 |
| Friday | 5 |
| Saturday | 5 |
| Sunday | 5 |
Ireland reporting cycles and business-day rules
Irish business-day cycles align with Revenue's VAT3 bimonthly cutoffs (paper on the 19th, ROS extended to the 23rd) and PAYE monthly remittance on the 14th of the following month for most employers, with the PAYE Modernisation system reporting in real time on each pay event. The Central Bank of Ireland operates TARGET2-IE for euro wholesale settlement on TARGET2 business days, which exclude bank holidays. Form CT1 corporation tax is due nine months after the company year-end. The European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2012 set 8% above the ECB main refinancing rate as the statutory late-payment interest rate, payable from day 31 after invoice for B2B transactions.
March 2024 working days compared by country
Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts Ireland alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for March 2024.
| Country | Business Days | Holidays this month |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | 21 | None |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 20 | Good Friday |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 20 | Good Friday |
| 🇦🇺Australia | 20 | Good Friday |
| 🇮🇳India | 19 | Holi, Good Friday |
| 🇵🇭Philippines | 19 | Maundy Thursday, Good Friday |
| 🇫🇷France | 21 | None |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 20 | Karfreitag |
| 🇯🇵Japan | 20 | Vernal Equinox Day |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | 20 | Natalicio de Benito Juárez |
| 🇸🇬Singapore | 20 | Good Friday |
How March 2024 compares year over year
March 2023 had 23 working days, so March 2024 has 3 fewer working days year over year. On the surrounding months, February 2024 has 20 working days and April 2024 has 21. Looking forward, March 2025 has 20 working days under the same Irish public holiday calendar.
Using this calculator in Ireland
A Dublin treasury operator at an international tech HQ uses the 20-day March 2024 count to align SEPA Credit Transfer cycles with Central Bank of Ireland TARGET2-IE clearing and prompt-pay windows under the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2012. A Cork law-firm cashier uses business-day math to track Workplace Relations Commission complaint windows under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. A Galway SaaS controller uses the count to align Revenue VAT3 bimonthly returns and ROS Form CT1 nine-month corporation-tax filings against month-end cutoffs.
For informational purposes only
This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.