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Irish Daily Mirror
|June 21, 2025
‘DESTROYED LIFE’ Lotto winner Margaret Loughrey
IRELAND has been swept up in a tide of excitement as one fortunate EuroMillions punter clinched an astonishing €250 million jackpot, claiming the throne as the country's largest ever lottery win.
Lotto chiefs counselled the overjoyed winner with a statement: “Stay calm, get independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can.”
Yet this is not always as straightforward as it sounds. One person who found out the challenges of such a big win was Margaret Loughrey from Strabane, Co Tyrone, who previously won £27 million (€31m) on EuroMillions but later declared that the fortune had “destroyed” her life.
This story is from the June 21, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.
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