Kilkenny family comes forward to claim ‘life-changing’ €8.5m lotto jackpot

Blanchfield’s Centra shop owners Michael and Alice Blanchfield with staff Sinead Quinn, Aileen O’Brien, Fiona Walsh, Margaret Phelan, Melissa Walsh, and Susan Quinn. Pictures: Vicky Comerford/Mac Innes Photography

A family from Kilkenny has come forward to claim the €8.5m lotto jackpot won in the county earlier this month.

The winning ticket was bought the Centra store in Mooncoin, Kilkenny, on Saturday, May 7.