Of the 13 European nations surveyed in the 2016 Vacation Deprivation study Ireland comes in last - our neighbours in the UK are reported to have 4 more days off this year.

A new study from Expedia reports that since 2013 holiday days have been on the increase but that trend reversed this year - falling by 7% to an average of 21 days.

Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, and UAE tie at the top on the list with a full 30 days of annual leave.

80% of Irish workers said they take all of their holidays - and four out of five feel no guilt when taking time off.

Two third of the Irish respondents said that they feel that we should have more free days - with employees looking for an average of 6.4 extra days off.

Irish workers would be willing to give up their creature comforts for a few more days holidays; 49% of Irish workers would give up alcohol for a week to get just one extra day of annual leave - 47% would cut out social media and one fifth would give up sex for more days off, according to Expedia.

Despite having less days off - only 45% of Irish workers consider themselves somewhat vacation deprived, or don’t think they’re deprived at all. This is compared to the Spaniards, who get on average 30 annual leave days, but 68% say they are vacation deprived.