Cooperation and community spirit make Ballyhaunis an exemplary place to live and work.
The Mayo Association Dublin awards celebrate organisations and voluntary groups who have been of outstanding service or who have achieved distinction for the county.
Ballyhaunis is announced the winner of the Meitheal Award this year. The adjudicators declaring that the citizens of the town are,
An example to all in Mayo, and indeed the rest of the country.
The can do attitude in Ballyhaunis has seen business thrive and attracted government funding.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 28 January 1985. The reporter is Alasdair Jackson.