€7m cheque in the post for lucky Cork Lotto winner

Store owner Noel Murphy celebrates with staff Sharon Lynam, Amy Cunningham, Harry Murphy and Laura O'Leary at the announcement that National Lottery has this morning confirmed that the winning ticket for the Lotto jackpot worth €6,933,904 was sold at Murphy’s Circle K service station on Vicar’s Road, Cork city. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney

The mystery winner of last weekend’s €7m Lotto jackpot in Cork can sit back and relax for their life-changing cheque to arrive by post.

As champagne corks popped in the southside filling station which sold the winning ticket, the National Lottery confirmed that it has introduced new arrangements during lockdown to pay out the big prizes by cheque.