A Lotto player left it to the last minute to collect an €8.2m jackpot win yesterday. The 90-day deadline had almost expired when the prize was picked up by the anonymous winner.

There is a happy ending to the delayed Lotto payout: The winner of the €8.2m March jackpot can collect their prize — with interest.

AN ex-soldier has been charged with the murder of 37-year-old Marie Greene, whose body has been recovered from a midlands bog.