Lucky house back on the market — for charity raffle

A family who won a luxury five-bedroom house as prices skyrocketed in the boom are handing it back for charity — bed-linen and all.

The McLaughlins are giving back the keys to their €165,000 home at 58 Mulberry Avenue, Buncrana, Co Donegal, to help the autism charity that first raffled it in 2006.

“It’s time for us to move on. We are building a new house and that has only been made possible because of all the money we saved living mortgage-free for the past seven years,” said Carleen McLaughlin.