Darragh Leen looks at the certainties, the maybes, the hopefuls, and the odd fairy-tale in the mix.

A record number of Irish winners scooped one of the top prizes in last night's EuroMillions draw.

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What would you do if you had all the money in the world?

As The Naughton Foundation Scholarship celebrates its 10th year, we catch up with past winners to see what they’re doing now, writes Ciara McDonnell. 

Today two lifelong friends fulfilled a shared dream of collecting a life-changing prize together at the National Lottery offices in Dublin.

It was like winning the lottery twice over for Craig Shearer when he and his Dublin Bus colleagues collected their €23.8m EuroMillions jackpot in Dublin yesterday.

A “lovely, lucky lady” from Wexford has won the weekend Lotto jackpot of almost €8 million

The lucky winners of last week’s Lotto jackpot of over €2.5m revealed they have no intention of calling time on their syndicate, and have already their ticket bought for tonight’s draw.

A couple from the Scottish Borders has won half of the historic £66 million lottery jackpot.

There was no winner of tonight's EuroMillions jackpot.

To qualify for selection on Donal Lenihan’s best ever World Cup XV, the players had to have at least one winner’s medal in the pocket

A Kerry student beat almost 10,000 entrants in a fantasy writing competition with his story about a tense chase through an airship.

Samsung says the Oscars selfie that went viral was a “surprise for everyone”, after reports it was part of a pre-planned marketing stunt by the company, a sponsor of the Academy Awards.

Here are some things you may not know about the Academy Awards

Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama 12 Years a Slave best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards.

Dozens of budding young artists are in the running to have their doodles seen by millions of internet users.