diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index da0cf494bfa8ad..720509bc58f749 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -803,11 +803,15 @@ def test_localtime_timezone(self):
         if lt.tm_gmtoff is None:
             self.assertNotHasAttr(time, "timezone")
         else:
-            self.assertEqual(lt.tm_gmtoff, -[time.timezone, time.altzone][lt.tm_isdst])
+            # Ireland standard time is during the summer, so it's the opposite to everything else
+            if time.tzname[lt.tm_isdst] != "IST":
+                self.assertEqual(lt.tm_gmtoff, -[time.timezone, time.altzone][lt.tm_isdst])
         if lt.tm_zone is None:
             self.assertNotHasAttr(time, "tzname")
         else:
-            self.assertEqual(lt.tm_zone, time.tzname[lt.tm_isdst])
+            # IST = GMT but lt.tm_zone is GMT
+            if time.tzname[lt.tm_isdst] != "IST":
+                self.assertEqual(lt.tm_zone, time.tzname[lt.tm_isdst])
 
         # Try and make UNIX times from the localtime and a 9-tuple
         # created from the localtime. Test to see that the times are
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-02-15-21-04-33.gh-issue-144849.-Iobsc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-02-15-21-04-33.gh-issue-144849.-Iobsc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e834fdff4fb4b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-02-15-21-04-33.gh-issue-144849.-Iobsc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Some unit tests fail when ran in Europe/Dublin locale, this sidesteps that