A “large family syndicate” from the Naul in north Dublin has been confirmed as the winner of the mega €175.4m EuroMillions jackpot.

There was an Irish winner of tonight's EuroMillions jackpot, worth €17m.

The National Lottery celebrates its 30th birthday this week and in that time has created more than 800 millionaires and donated almost €5 billion to charitable causes.

It could be you. The identity of Ireland’s latest multimillionaire remains a mystery as the National Lottery has urged players to check their tickets.

Euromillions jackpot winner Dolores McNamara has collected €8,401 after taking a court case over a road traffic crash.

Ireland’s biggest ever Euromillions winner, Dolores McNamara is “heading down to the pub” today in her quest for justice over a road traffic accident.

“€88.5 million is far too much — what everyone other then the winner of the Euromillions is saying,” read one the many tweets celebrating the luck of the Irish.

Lotto punters in Dublin were the most likely to become millionaires by playing the game but players in the south-west won the highest payouts, according to figures from the National Lottery.

With most of Cork’s suburban retail parks now at or close to full occupancy, the arrival of UK homewares chain The Range as the anchor tenant at Eastgate Retail Park sees another c 60,000 sq ft taken up, and a new brand name enter the recovering Munster retail fray, with a product range spanning 65,000 items.

Investment at the landmark Silversprings Hotel in Cork by new owners Clayton/Dalata who acquired it two years ago as part of a nine-hotel €445m acquisition from the Moran Group will top €5 million by next year, while the hotel’s €3.2m reworked two-storey Events Centre, ballroom and business meeting rooms reopens from tomorrow.

The National Lottery has confirmed that the holder of the winning ticket for last Friday’s €24m Euromillions jackpot has contacted the organisation to claim the multi-million euro prize.

One lucky Irish person, or possibly a syndicate, is nearly €24 million better off today if they have the winning ticket in the latest EuroMillions draw.

The son of EuroMillions winner Dolores McNamara, Gary, has been left nursing a €128,778 bill after thieves “gutted” his mansion of all its antique chandeliers, light fittings, brass items, and copper piping.

Irish Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara is in the running to buy a massive retail park in her native Limerick.

A judge made a couple of thinly veiled barbs at the governor of Limerick prison over TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly enjoying “afternoon tea” at the jail last month.

Two men who went AWOL after pleading guilty to charges in connection with a burglary at the lakeside mansion owned by the son of Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara are now behind bars.

In part four of our special on rural Ireland. Caroline O’Doherty visits O’Gonnelloe in Co. Clare.

A man who has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a burglary at the mansion owned by the son of EuroMillions winner Dolores McNamara is ‘dealing with his drug demons’, while an arrest warrant is in existence for the other man.

Two men yesterday pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a burglary at the lakeside mansion owned by a son of Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara.

The ticket that won €86,732,923 in the EuroMillions draw was sold in the Dublin area.

Mystery still surrounds the identity of the lucky person — or persons — who won nearly €87m in Friday’s Euromillions draw.

A lucky punter in Ireland hit the jackpot last night by winning almost €87m in the EuroMillions lottery draw, the third highest amount ever won by a player from Ireland.

A single Irish ticket has scooped tonight’s €86,732,923 EuroMillions jackpot.

No 11 The Crescent in Cobh has spectacular views of cathedral, town and harbour, Tommy Barker reports.

The winners of Tuesday’s EuroMillions jackpot have made contact with National Lottery HQ in Dublin.

A Limerick man appeared in court charged in connection with a burglary at the lakeside mansion owned by the son of Euromillions winner, Dolores McNamara.

One of the country’s most under-threat women sat in a Limerick court and heard that her partner, a notorious rapist, was now a changed man since meeting her and having a child with her.

Ireland’s latest EuroMillions winner has revealed he ticked the wrong number when filling out his slip.

One of the two winning EuroMillions tickets, which lay claim to last night’s €25,602,948 jackpot, was sold in Ireland.

Ireland’s newest lottery millionaire has collected a cheque for €94m – the second biggest EuroMillions prize in the country.

The Irish winner(s) of a €94m EuroMillions prize has made contact with National Lottery HQ in Dublin.

An Irish player has won a share of last night's Euromillions jackpot of almost €188m.

A woman with 10 children has become the latest Irish person to win on the EuroMillions.

A RECORD €185 million is up for grabs tonight and people across the country are rushing out to buy lottery tickets in a hope of hitting the EuroMillions jackpot.

THE EuroMillions jackpot is heading for €130 million tonight, the highest in six months.

IT could be you, goes the advert. And this week, plenty will take that leap of faith, hoping against hope that it really could be us.

A HUGE road side sign beckoned: “Clarina Village. Announcing development of Retirement Homes in Peaceful Setting.”

TRAGEDY struck Euro lottery millionaire Dolores McNamara last night when her brother-in-law died in a caravan fire.

A Spanish ticketholder has claimed last night’s €126m EuroMillions lottery jackpot, organisers said today.

ROLL up, roll up to your nearest newsagent and join in the Euromillions extravaganza that could see one lucky person scoop a record €123 million.

Ireland’s newest millionaires went underground today as lotto fever hit Carlow town.

A WOMAN was subjected to a large number of text messages after a civil servant in Revenue improperly accessed her file and passed it on to a third party.