National Lottery CEO Dermot Griffin said: “We are delighted the winner has made contact. This is an incredible win for an Irish EuroMillions player. And a record win for the National Lotttery.

“This has been an incredibly lucky period for players on the island of Ireland …The luck of the Irish is definitely in the air.”

The luck of one Irish person, probably very elderly, cranky with huge savings, is in the air, you mean?

FIGHT!

‘Surprisingly calm’ ticket holder makes contact over €175m win (RTÉ)

Rollingnews

Last night’s €15m Euromillions  jackpot.

The winning ticket of Tuesday night’s EuroMillions lottery draw was sold somewhere in Ireland, it has been revealed…The winning numbers were 16, 18, 26, 38 and 44 and the Lucky Stars were eight and 10.

Winning lottery ticket sold in Ireland (UTV)