Couple collect €250k from Lotto ticket bought on a whim on road to Croke Park

A pair of Monaghan GAA fans have made up for their county's defeat to Dublin in the All-Ireland Football Championship by scooping €250,000 in last Saturday’s Lotto Plus 2 draw.

The husband and wife, who wish to keep their win private, bought their winning Quick Pick ticket at the XL Store on the Dundalk Road in Carrickmacross as they made their way to the quarter-final.