Castlebar in Mayo deemed best place to live for work-life balance.

This study by Switcher.ie looked at the best place to live in terms of local amenities like primary schools, shops, transport and gyms.

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Castlebar came out on top followed by another Mayo town with Ballina in second.

This was followed by Longford town, Wexford town and Arklow.

Wicklow town, Cavan, Ashbourne, Athlone and Athy round out the top ten.

Down at the bottom of the list of the 50 which were analysed is Limerick.

Newbrige in Co Kildare was deemed the safest town while Longford is the cheapest.