Winning Lotto ticket sold in Slane

The winning ticket for last night's €6,496,218 Lottery jackpot was sold in Slane in Co Meath.

Mimnagh's shop on the Main street sold the €12 multi-draw ticket on Tuesday evening to one lucky winner.

[comment] The winning numbers were 8, 9, 14, 15, 42, 44 . The bonus number was 36.[/comment]

Peter Fleming, who runs the shop with his wife Irene, said: "I found out this morning at 7.30 when the lottery rep rang me to tell me the good news that somebody who bought it in Slane has won the six-and-a-half million.

"They told me it was bought on Tuesday, a quick-pick line on a multi-draw ticket.

"That's all they could tell me. I wouldn't have an absolute clue who it was."