IRELAND'S CHARITY HERO AWARD
Voting for Ireland's Charity Hero Award closed on 11 November.
Ten nominees were then shortlisted based on their total scores. A panel of independent judges then reviewed each nomination, and a single winner was selected.
The winner was announced at the Better Together Awards in Dublin on 1 December, 2011 where they received €1,000 to donate to a cause of their choice.
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What Is Ireland's Charity Hero Award?
Ireland's Charity Hero Award celebrates an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to a good cause in a voluntary capacity.
But Ireland's Charity Hero Award is also about something bigger than any one individual - it's about the heroic and selfless work being done by countless numbers of volunteers across Ireland every single day.