No April Fool as Giustina wins €5.7m

The first Giustina Macari knew about her 50% share in Saturday’s €11m lotto jackpot was when the woman behind the counter of her local shop in Kildare told her she needed to ring the National Lottery offices.

She had nipped in to L Malone newsagents, the shop opposite her family’s takeaway, to check her numbers.

“I knew someone had won €5.7m. She put in my ticket then she just told me I had to ring the National Lottery because I was a winner.”