Search
23 Oct 2025
Search
23 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
A lottery ticket worth €2.9million was left unclaimed last week after the deadline for collection passed.
Claremorris lottery ticket goes unclaimed
Ciara Galvin
TIME ran out for one unlucky would-be millionaire on Friday, when the deadline to claim a €2.9 million jackpot lapsed.
The ticket, which was purchased in Tesco in Claremorris on November 29, was rendered useless at the close of business on Friday last, leaving one person/syndicate either oblivious, or frustrated.
This is only the twelfth time a jackpot has gone unclaimed and is the first time a Mayo jackpot has gone unclaimed. The €2.9million jackpot is the second largest figure to have gone unclaimed since the National Lottery was established in 1988.
The unclaimed lottery ticket was bought on the day of the jackpot and mystery still surrounds the identity of the ticket holder. The weekend the ticket was bought there was a Mike Denver concert in the McWilliam hotel leading many locals to suspect the ticket was bought by a visitor to the town.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
