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Winning EuroMillions ticket worth €66m sold in Carlow

‘Life-changing’ prize won on €15 quick-pick by ‘completely dumbstruck’ group of friends

Easons store in Fairgreen shopping centre in Carlow town sold the €15 quick-pick winning ticket for the January 29th draw. Eason Store Co-owner Eoin Hennigan is pictured here celebrating with staff from left:Caterine Lyons; Jola Ceglowska; Sonya Cullen and Mary Clare.
Easons store in Fairgreen shopping centre in Carlow town sold the €15 quick-pick winning ticket for the January 29th draw. Eason Store Co-owner Eoin Hennigan is pictured here celebrating with staff from left:Caterine Lyons; Jola Ceglowska; Sonya Cullen and Mary Clare.
Rachel Flaherty
Fri Feb 12 2016 - 15:51

A shop in Carlow sold the €66 million winning EuroMillions ticket to a group of friends, it has been confirmed.

The National Lottery said the Easons store in Fairgreen shopping centre in Carlow town sold the €15 quick-pick winning ticket for the January 29th draw.

A syndicate of friends, who wish to remain anonymous, picked up their the jackpot prize at the lottery headquarters office in Dublin on Thursday.

A spokesman on behalf of the friends said the group were in shock at their good luck.

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“This is by any standards, enormous good fortune. We are completely dumbstruck to have won this fantastic prize. The ads are true; it is riches beyond your wildest dreams, even when it’s shared by a group like this.

“It’s a life changing amount of money for each of us, and we realise how lucky we are to share in a EuroMillions jackpot of this size,” he said.

The other winning ticket that split the €132 million jackpot was claimed in France.

Rachel Flaherty

Rachel Flaherty

Rachel Flaherty is Digital Features Editor and journalist with The Irish Times