Double St Patrick’s Day likely to honour pandemic workers next year, Leo Varadkar says

However, holiday to revert to St Bridget’s Day in subsequent years

Independent.ie Newsdesk

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said there will not be a special bank holiday on St Bridget’s Day to mark the Covid pandemic next year because hospitals could still be under pressure from Covid.

The Fine Gael leader said it was more likely to be a double holiday for St Patrick’s Day in 2022 as that would give more time for the country to recover from the pandemic.