
One of the first major winners of the combined Lottery across EU countries was Dolores McNamara from the sporting heartland of Garryowen in Limerick. She won the life changing sum of €115 million in 2005.
The promoters looked to some of our finest sporting infrastructure when it came to promoting tonight’s big prize, using the National Aquatic Centre on the National Sports Campus as the backdrop for the picture above which graces many of this morning’s national newspapers.
Lyn Whelan, Emma Cramer and Emma Shilliday are the three swimmers ‘making a splash’.
The Sport for Business Round Table Programme will focus on June 20th on the likely impact on sport of changes to the National Lottery.
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Splashing the Cash














