Ireland’s €175m EuroMillions winner comes forward - The Irish Times
The Irish-based winner of last night's €175 million EuroMillions jackpot has contacted the National Lottery.
Lottery spokeswoman Miriam Donohoe said the winner phoned their office just before 10am but she declined to say where the winner was from or if it was an individual or a syndicate that held the ticket.
However, Fianna Fáil TD for Meath East Thomas Byrne said in a Twitter post that he was "absolutely delighted to hear that the Euro millions was won in the constituency"
Rumours have circulated about the winning ticket being sold in Lowthe's Londis in Duleek, Co Louth, but proprietor Seamus Lowthe said this was news to him.
"I have no idea. Supposedly, it was won somewhere locally, but I haven't got any confirmation it was sold by me," he said.
The winner of the jackpot - the largest ever in the State - was urged to "stay calm" and get good advice on how to handle the shock of banking €175 million.
"While this is a massive win it can come as a shock to a player and we advise them to stay calm, get good independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can," Nation Lottery chief executive Dermot Griffin said.
"This has been an incredibly lucky period for players on the island of Ireland. The luck of the Irish is definitely in the air."
Crashed
The National Lottery's website crashed for a time on Tuesday night after it was revealed that a punter based in the State had won €175,475,380. There were plenty of jokes online about the winner being able to buy at least 10 new bricks in the national children's hospital.
The numbers drawn were 01, 08, 18, 19, 3 with the Lucky Stars: 07, 09.
The jackpot had been rolling over for several weeks and the €175 million total is nearly €50 million more than the next biggest sum won on the island - Patrick and Frances Connolly from Co Down banked £115m (€132m) on the New Year's Day EuroMillions jackpot.
Dolores McNamara, from Limerick, was previously the Republic's largest lottery winner, banking €115m back in 2005. File photograph: Frank Miller.
The €115m (£99m) won by Dolores McNamara, from Limerick, in July 2005 was previously the largest sum won in the Republic on the draw.
Daragh Maroney, a financial adviser with Investec, described it as an "unimaginable amount of money" to win. He said it was such a huge amount of money that a punter would face a negative interest if despositing it in a bank as rates are so low.
"Banks will charge you. It's almost like a cash warehouse. Take your time. Accepting, for a short run, accepting a negative rate of return for a short period might not be the worst thing in the world before putting in a long term plan," he said.
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