2025 Holiday Schedule & Impact on Services

2025 Holiday Schedule & Sample Deliveries deadlines
Dear colleagues,
Please be aware of the 2025 holiday calendar for the Republic of Ireland and our referral laboratories and deadlines for the delivery of labile / short stability samples to our laboratories in Dublin.
Holidays
Republic of Ireland
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday May 5, 2025
Monday Jun 2, 2025
Monday Aug 4, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Friday Dec 26, 2025
Referral Labs
United States of America
Monday May 26, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Friday Jul 4, 2025
Monday Sep 1, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Tuesday Nov 11, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
United Kingdom
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Friday Dec 26, 2025
France
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Thursday May 01, 2025
Thursday May 08, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Tuesday Nov 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Friday Dec 26, 2025
Italy
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Thursday May 01, 2025
Monday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Wednesday Dec 25, 2025
Thursday Dec 26, 2025
Deadlines to delivery short stability / labile samples to our laboratories
Samples to be processed in our laboratories in Dublin/IE:
For holidays on Mondays – need to be received by 12pm on the previous Saturday
Samples to be referred to our partner laboratories:
United States of America:
For holidays on Mondays – need to be received by 2pm on the previous Wednesday
For holidays on Wednesdays - need to be received by 2pm on the previous Friday
For holidays on Thursdays – need to be received by 2pm on the previous Monday
For holidays on Fridays - need to be received by 2pm on the previous Tuesday
France, United Kingdom and Italy:
For holidays on Mondays – need to be received by 2pm on the previous Thursday
For holidays on Wednesdays - need to be received by 2pm on the previous Monday
For holidays on Thursdays – need to be received by 2pm on the previous Tuesday
For holidays on Fridays - need to be received by 2pm on the previous Wednesday