Syndicate of employees from a healthcare plant bagged a “healthy” €595,521 windfall in Saturday night’s Lotto.
The Mayo collective – 47 in total – work at the Baxter Healthcare Plant in Castlebar.
Celebrations so far have been mostly centred on the village of Turlough, four miles from Castlebar, where the winning Quick Pick was purchased in the local XL Store.
The big win has been confirmed by locals and celebrations have been under way in the Turlough Inn pub since around 10.30pm on Saturday night when news broke of the bonanza as an 80th birthday celebration was taking place for a local.
One man who was at the party said: “News of the big win certainly added spice to the night. The whole village is buzzing, everybody is absolutely delighted.”
Syndicate members will collect just over €12,600 each, not a life-changing amount, but still a nice sum with Christmas around the corner.
Michael Barrett, who runs the Turlough XL shop with his wife Attracta, said: “It will make life a little easier for those involved.”
A second Quick Pick ticket, bought online in Dublin, landed a similar amount. There was no winner of the record €19,060,800 jackpot.
This is the first big Lotto win for the Turlough XL Store although they have landed a number of smaller lottery prizes over the years.
Attracta said: “We are delighted. I wish the winner lots of further luck and good health in the future.”
