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4th January 2018
12:28pm GMT
"We would love to hear from them [the winner]. They are welcome to come in and we can keep the ticket safe for them until we write that cheque and go through the claims process."Malahide seems to be a particularly fortunate spot: a Florida-based Irish priest home for Christmas scooped €500,000 on the EuroMillions Plus draw recently.
The retired cleric – who is originally from Co Mayo – purchased in Donnybrook Fair in Malahide on December 22.
Collecting his winnings, the priest joked that God must be listening to his prayers... that wasn't his first lottery win: he at one time won IR£15,000 on the old Irish Sweepstakes.
And he also won amounts of $3,000 and $5,000 over the years in lotteries in the USA.Explore more on these topics: