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Irish Independent
10-06-2025
- General
- Irish Independent
Wexford woman who once worked on the QE2 started fostering after volunteering in India
A Wexford-based foster mum who has fostered ten children over the past decade believes that fostering can be so beneficial to both children and carers.
Irish Independent
10-06-2025
- General
- Irish Independent
Wexford woman who once worked on the QE2 cruise liner started fostering children after volunteering in India for three years
A Wexford-based foster mum who has fostered ten children over the past decade believes that fostering can be so beneficial to both children and carers.
Agriland
09-06-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Sheep trade: Spring lamb prices fall below €9.00/kg
This week's sheep trade has seen offers for spring lambs fall below €9.00/kg at all the key sheep factories. Up to 20c/kg has been cut from spring lamb prices, and many of the processors are less interested in hoggets as markets have now moved on to this year's lambs. Procurement staff have told Agriland that there are 'reasonably good numbers of spring lambs' coming available and these lambs are generally all arriving well finished with good carcasses. This week, Kepak is quoting €8.65/kg plus a 15c/kg Quality Assurance (QA) bonus for spring lambs, leaving €8.80/kg on offer here up to 21kg carcass weight. This offer is down 20c/kg since last week. The Athleague, Co. Roscommon-based processor is quoting €7.00/kg plus a 15c/kg QA bonus for hoggets up to 23kg carcass weight leaving €7.15/kg on offer here. This price offer is back 25c/kg from last Tuesday. Kepak is quoting €4.80 and €4.90/kg for cull ewes. Irish Country Meats (ICM) is quoting €8.70/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus for spring lambs, leaving €8.90/kg on offer here up to 21kg carcass weight. This price is down 10c/kg since last Tuesday. The Navan, Co. Meath and Camolin, Co. Wexford-based outlets are quoting €7.00/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus for hoggets, leaving €7.20/kg on offer here to 23kg carcass weight. This offer is down 30c/kg since last week. ICM is quoting €4.75/kg for cull ewes – down 25c/kg since last week. Ballon Meats in Co. Carlow is quoting €8.60/kg for spring lambs and €5.30/kg for cull ewes. Kildare Chilling has no official quotes this week but farmer-sources have told Agriland the factory is paying approximately €8.80/kg for spring lambs, €7.30/kg for QA hoggets and €5.00/kg for QA cull ewes. Sheep trade at Kilkenny Mart There were 450 sheep on offer at Kilkenny Mart today (Monday, June 9), with spring lamb prices described as 'disappointing and €20-30/head behind 2024 prices at this time of year,' according to auctioneer George Candler. The top call for spring lambs in the sale was €220/head or €4.31/kg for a pen of 10 lambs with an average weight of 51kg.
The Irish Sun
03-06-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Three Irish EuroMillions players win life-changing 6-figure sums as punter narrowly misses out on massive €238m jackpot
THREE Irish punters are celebrating after winning big in tonight's EuroMillions draw. While one player was only one ball off the massive main prize of over €238 million, two players won €500,000 in the Plus 2 There was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot tonight Credit: Alamy Over 60,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the One lucky player matched five numbers and one lucky star, winning an eye-watering €212,330. And the winning ticket was sold in Co There was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot tonight, which was sitting at €238,816,941 - and rolls over to €250m for the next draw. Read more in Money The numbers in the main draw were 11, 13, 25, 27 and 40 and the two lucky stars drawn were 5 and 7. The numbers pulled in the Plus draw were 1, 3, 9, 10 and 12. Two Irish players matched all five numbers to win €500,000 each. The winning tickets were sold in Most read in Money And 75 players matched four of the numbers to get €2,000. It comes after Wexford-based Ballingly Joinery syndicate arrive at Lotto HQ to collect their €1,000,500 Lotto Plus Raffle prize The EuroMillions player has scooped a whopping €225,000. The The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw from Duffy's Service Station on Turlough Road in Castlebar, Co The winning raffle number in last night's The Mayo winner has claimed Ireland's ninth and final The limited series of special EuroMillions draws was designed to guarantee nine players a huge prize of €225,000 for all nine draws, every Tuesday and Friday during May. The previous winners were from A spokesperson for the National Lottery, Emma Monaghan, said: "While there was no winner of last night's EuroMillions jackpot worth €218,316,095, over 81,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and EuroMillions plus games. "This includes one Raffle Ticket winner: I- SDZ-53784 from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, who scooped a life-enhancing €255,000 in our special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle draw." While there were no winners of the EuroMillions jackpot in last night's draw, which could have made someone €218,316,095 richer. The EuroMillions numbers drawn in the main draw were 4, 7, 14, 33, 36 with 1 and 5 as lucky stars. Only one player managed to match four numbers and two stars, winning themselves a huge prize of €1,557. 2 Three Irish punters are celebrating after winning big in EuroMillions in tonight's draw
The Irish Sun
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
‘It still doesn't feel real' says EuroMillions winner as they collect big prize after last-minute purchase
A LUCKY winner has told how it "still doesn't feel real" after collecting a €250k EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle prize. The player bought his ticket at Moloney's Daybreak in Carrigkerry, Athea, Co. Advertisement 1 The National Lottery has revealed where the winning ticket was sold He said: 'I was just grabbing a few bits for the family when I asked the shop assistant if I was too late for a EuroMillions ticket. "She told me I was just in the nick of time, and that ticket turned out to be the big one!' His partner shared a laugh in the winners' room, saying: 'It's funny because all weekend he kept joking, asking if I thought he might have the winning ticket. "We heard it was won in Limerick, but he kept putting off checking it!' Advertisement READ MORE IN MONEY Now €255,000 richer, the couple are fast-tracking their dream of building a new family home. They said: 'It's been a long journey, but this win means we can finally move things along. "We're over the moon, and it still doesn't feel real!' This series of special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffles guarantees players a top-up in the prize fund for all nine draws, every Tuesday and Friday, over the month of May. Advertisement Most read in Money Typically, every Wexford-based Ballingly Joinery syndicate arrive at Lotto HQ to collect their €1,000,500 Lotto Plus Raffle prize But this month, in addition to the normal Raffle prize, one winner in each draw this month will win a dazzling €250,000 on top of the usual €5,000 Raffle prize. Meanwhile, a man from The all-important ticket was bought at SuperValu on Main Street, Ratoath, and it turned out to be the best decision he's made in a while, especially since he only recently started adding the Plus option to his usual Quick Pick. Advertisement He said: 'I had a few old tickets lying around and decided to get them checked. "One of them printed a slip telling me to contact the National Lottery. "I didn't think much of it until I noticed the shop was decked out in balloons. "I was driving home and that's when it hit me, I could be the winner!' Advertisement He pulled over mid-journey to check his numbers online and sure enough, he was the EuroMillions Plus jackpot winner. The delighted player added: 'The first thing I did was call my partner. She was completely speechless.'
