Lady luck’s feet still firmly on the ground

MOST of us can only dream of how half a million euro would change our lives but one Westmeath family has been taking such a bonanza in their stride over the past year.

Catherine Egan celebrated her 50th birthday early when she struck a €424,000 jackpot with an accumulator bet on a Sunday race meeting at Fairyhouse last January.

Although she was keeping an eye on the results of the seven races on teletext, she only thought she might have won around €5,000 from her €10 telephone bet.