Lottery marks 30 years of making millionaires

The National Lottery celebrates its 30th birthday this week and in that time has created more than 800 millionaires and donated almost €5 billion to charitable causes.

The biggest ever win in Cork was the Cunningham family, who won the fourth highest Lotto jackpot prize of €16,185,749 on July 28, 2007, buying their ticket in Farranree.

The second largest win in Cork was for €9,652,339 on November 17, 2006, with the ticket being bought in Millstreet.