Lotto winners plan to help family and friends after collecting cheque for €4.4m

A married couple from the south of the country have collected a cheque for €4,439,459 after they won the Lotto jackpot on Saturday.

The pair, who wish to remain anonymous, were on a Bank Holiday break with their young family when they decided to stop at Ryan’s Daybreak store in the village of Milltown, Co. Galway to buy the winning Quick Pick ticket.