Prize bond winners cash in on €7m so far this year

OVER €7 million has been paid out to prize bond winners so far this year as the value of prizes won has increased by 11% over the same period last year.

The Prize Bond Company paid out €7.1m to 72,000 prize bondholders across the country up to the end of last month.

There were more than 20,000 winners from Dublin, who shared almost €2m, with Cork and Galway the next luckiest counties with around 5,600 and 2,500 winners respectively.