The above isn't correct for civil servants. Here are the details taken from the Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform's site:
Special leave at time of bereavement: Up to five days paid leave in the case of a spouse (including a cohabiting partner), child (including adopted children and children being cared for on the basis of ‘in loco parentis’) or any person in a relationship of domestic dependency, including same sex partners; up to three days paid leave in the case of other immediate relatives [for the purposes of bereavement leave "immediate relative” means father, step-father, mother, step-mother, brother, step-brother, half-brother, brother-in-law, sister, step-sister, half-sister, sister-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandfather, grandmother or grandchild of an officer]; up to one working day in the case of an uncle, aunt, niece or nephew