The waiting is over 49m offaly jackpot claimed

 

A man in his mid-30s has this afternoon collected the almost €5m lotto jackpot having bought his ticket in Crinkle three weeks ago.

The man who works fulltime, purchased his ticket, at Tom Geraghty's store in Crinkle two days before the November 19 draw and was the sole winner of the €4,904,904 

“It’s the best Christmas present ever,” he said when National Lottery staff handed him his big cheque. ‘I don’t consider myself particularly lucky, and I don’t even play Lotto very often, so this is a pretty big surprise. I found it hard to sleep when I realised the size of the win’, he smiled.

The lucky man has no major plans for the win:

‘I’m looking forward to Christmas, and obviously to 2015. I’ve always said that if I won a big cash prize, I’d fly first-class to Australia for a holiday, so in the New Year, that’s exactly what I’ll do’, he finished.

He was accompanied to lottery headquarters by some family members who were ‘over the moon’ to see their big brother collect this prize.