THE MCINTYRE FAMILY FROM BELMULLET COLLECTED THEIR BIG LOTTO WIN OF €11,033,953 IN THE NATIONAL LOTTERY OFFICES IN DUBLIN TODAY.

THE FAMILY WON THIS PRIZE IN THE LOTTO DRAW ON SATURDAY LAST. THEIR LUCKY €4 QUICK PICK TICKET WAS PURCHASED IN EUROSPAR, TALLAGH ROAD, BELMULLET.

THE LUCKY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE IN THE NATIONAL LOTTERY OFFICES TODAY INCLUDED FATHER MARTIN, MOTHER EVELYN AND FAMILY MICHELLE (29), STEPHANIE (27), SANDRA (26) AND SHANE (18). THEY TOLD HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE WIN OVER SOME CELEBRATORY GLASSES OF CHAMPAGNE IN THE NATIONAL LOTTERY OFFICES:

THE MC INTYRE'S SAY THEYHAVE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR THE WIN, ‘EXCEPT TO SIT TIGHT, HAVE THE MONEY PUT AWAY SOMEWHERE FOR THE FUTURE, AND THINK ABOUT THINGS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS’.

THE MCINTYRE’S WIN RANKS 11^TH IN THE LIST OF LARGEST LOTTO JACKPOT WINS SINCE THE LOTTO GAME BEGAN IN 1987. IT IS THE LARGEST LOTTO WIN EVER IN CO. MAYO.