€6.8m Lotto win 'the talk of the village' as winner gets in contact with National Lottery

Excitement has reached fever pitch today in a Kilkenny village today after news that a shop there sold the winning ticket for Saturday night’s €6,834,410 Lotto jackpot.

Mooncoin, a village in the south of Kilkenny near the River Suir and the Comeragh Mountains, as buzzing as the National Lottery has confirmed that the winning Quick Pick ticket was sold on the day of the draw at Blanchfield Centra, on Main Street in the village.