Winners of €250m jackpot in Ireland are family syndicate

The winners of the €250m (£216m) EuroMillions jackpot have said they plan to remain in Ireland but have been looking at holiday homes in the sun.

A member of the family syndicate – who have chosen to remain anonymous – bought the winning ticket at Clifford’s Centra in Cork city in the Republic of Ireland while running errands.

The winning buyer said they were a regular lottery player but had not bought a ticket for the previous two EuroMillions draws.

Despite the unexpected windfall, the family said they planned to stay down to earth.

“We’re planning to remain in Ireland, and we promised ourselves that we won’t let this win change us,” a family member said.

Another added: “I’ll still be having my favourite ham and cheese sambo for lunch every day.”

“We’re absolutely going on a family holiday. We love to travel and there’s so many amazing trips we’ve always dreamed of that we can now make a reality.

“We’re already looking at holiday homes somewhere in the sun.”

The family said they checked their ticket after learning that the jackpot had been won in Ireland while watching the news.

A family member said they ” couldn’t believe my eyes” after a message on the National Lottery app revealed they had “won big”.

“I ran upstairs to my wife who had just gone to bed and woke her up”, they added.

“We both checked the numbers multiple times on the website. We sat at the edge of the bed, saying ‘Oh my god’ over and over – I reckon we said it about 50 times.

“We were in total shock, complete disbelief.”

The winning numbers were 13, 22, 23, 44, 49, Lucky Stars 3 and 5.