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Public Holidays in Ireland 2026: Employer Guide to Pay and Entitlements
There is a public holiday on Monday 26 October 2026, which for many Irish employers means a rota to cover and pay to get right. Public holiday rules look easy and cause more payroll-adjacent questions than almost anything else: what does the part-timer get, what if the holiday falls on someone's day off, and what is owed if staff work? Here is a plain-English guide to the rules, the 2026 dates and the records worth keeping. Public holidays in Ireland, 2026 According to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the 2026 public holidays are:
How to Calculate Annual Leave in Ireland: A Practical Guide for Employers
Annual leave looks simple until your first part-time employee, your first mid-year starter, or your first person who spends three months on certified sick leave. Then the "four weeks" rule of thumb stops being enough, and a spreadsheet that worked for five people starts producing arguments. This guide explains how annual leave is calculated under Irish law, walks through worked examples (including the awkward ones), and sets out what a sensible leave policy and tracking system look like, so you can answer an employee, or a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) inspector, with confidence.
All-in-One ATS vs. Best-of-Breed Recruitment Software: Which Wins for Irish SMEs?
Recruitment is usually the first place a growing business bolts on a specialist tool. The reasoning seems sound on the surface: a standalone Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is built for one job and one job only, so surely it does that job better than the recruitment module bundled inside a general HR platform. It's a fair question, and one that comes up constantly among Irish SME owners, HR managers, and talent acquisition leads trying to decide where to put their recruitment budget. This article gives a straight, practical answer rather than a sales pitch — including the situations where a standalone ATS genuinely is the right call.
How to Build a More Efficient HR Operation with Modern HR Software?
HR has changed significantly over the past decade. For many businesses, HR is no longer simply responsible for contracts, holidays and employee records. Today's HR teams are involved in recruitment, onboarding, payroll coordination, workforce planning, performance management, learning and development, employee engagement, compliance and much more.
Human Resource Management System (HRMS): The Complete Guide for Irish Businesses
A Human Resource Management System (HRMS) is software that centralises and automates HR processes such as employee records, recruitment, onboarding, leave, attendance, payroll, performance, training and compliance.
All-in-One vs. Best-of-Breed HR Software: Which Is Right for Your Irish SME? | CloudHR
All-in-One vs. Best-of-Breed HR Software: Which Is Right for Your Irish SME? Every growing Irish business eventually hits the same decision point: keep adding separate tools for payroll, recruitment, leave, and performance — or switch to a single connected platform that does it all. Neither answer is automatically right; it depends on where you are.
HR Software for Schools in Ireland: What to Look For | CloudHR
Schools have HR needs generic business software doesn't cover. Here's what to look for in HR and payroll software built for Irish education employers.
PAYE, PRSI and USC Explained for Irish Employers | CloudHR
PAYE, PRSI and USC Explained for Irish Employers Every Irish payslip carries three deductions that often get lumped together as "tax" — but PAYE, PRSI, and USC are actually three separate things, each with its own rules. Here's what each one does and what it means for running payroll correctly.