The manager of a shop which has sold a €1m lotto ticket said it’s great to talk about a new millionaire than coronavirus!
Donegal Daily revealed the identity of the shop which sold the winning ticket earlier today.
Staff members of Supervalu Dungloe, Co Donegal, Wee Kate, Kathleen Byrne, Roisin Staunton, Philomena Keys, Eileen Greene and Olivia Mc Cole with manager Liam Mc Shea celebrating selling a winning one million euro Lotto Plus ticket recently. Pic: Philip Mulligan for Mac Innes Photography
Liam McShea is manager of Kavanagh’s Supervalu in the Co Donegal town of Dungloe where the winning ticket was bought.
He said it’s great news for the local community.
He added “Honestly, this is just what everybody in Dungloe needed this week.
“It has of course been a very difficult time for the entire country with the coronavirus but this massive Lotto win has given the entire town of Dungloe something to talk about other than the dreaded virus!
“It’s incredible how the mood in the entire locality suddenly changes knowing that somebody in the area has become a millionaire overnight. It’s incredible.
“€1 million is a huge amount of money but this will be absolutely life-changing for one lucky person in a small town like Dungloe,” he said.
The National Lottery has also confirmed that the lucky ticketholder has already been in touch with Lotto HQ to make arrangements to collect their prize.
However, their identity is not yet known.
It is understood the country’s newest millionaire is from the Dungloe locality.
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