Skibbereen didn’t see much of the Tiger but is paying the price for its fall. Locals want political reform and an end to the national spiral of unemployment and emigration, writes Claire O’Sullivan.

TRIBUTES were paid last night following the death of a popular businessman who ran Ireland’s luckiest Lotto newsagents.

A NEWSAGENT in Skibbereen that sold five of the 10 Jackpot-winning Lotto tickets bought in the Co Cork town has dismissed a scientific study that found luck had nothing to do with it.