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LIMERICK is home to a second major National Lottery win in just a matter of days.
Last Thursday, it was revealed that a quick pick player at Kelly’s Costcutter in Foynes scooped the €11.1m jackpot in Wednesday night's draw.
This Sunday, it has emerged that Hayes' Mace in Ballylanders sold a Lotto ticket for Saturday's draw worth close to €200,000. There was one winner of the match 5 and bonus prize of €194,994.
The winning numbers were 9, 10, 25, 32, 34, 38 and bonus was 23.
Mairead Hayes, proprietor of the store, told Limerick Live this Sunday there is "a great buzz around the village, great fun and speculation".
"It would be great if it was somebody local and a regular customer but either way whoever it is I'm happy for them. It is a nice sum of money.
"We cover a wide area and have a lot of passing trade as well because we're on the Old Cork-Limerick road. It could be anyone and whoever it is more luck to them. I'm delighted for them," said Mairead, who is the fourth generation of her family to run the business.
This is the biggest amount anyone has ever won from playing the Lotto in Hayes' shop in Ballylanders.
"We've had a few €5,000 and smaller amounts but nothing like this. It is the top prize in Ireland which is amazing for a small country shop and it's great for Limerick too after Foynes had the really big one a few days ago," said Mairead.
See this Wednesday's Limerick Leader for more
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