Ballynacargy lottery winners were syndicate

The winners of the €1m lotto prize from a ticket bought at Penrose's shop in Ballynacargy have turned out to be a syndicate - but they are keeping their identities private. 
There were no Monday blues at Lotto HQ in Dublin when the syndicate attended to collect their win, and they spoke of their joy at becoming the first winners of the €1 million Lotto Plus prize since the top prize for Lotto Plus 1 was doubled from €500,000 last month. 
“It has been a crazy week,” said a member of the lucky syndicate.
“We started getting calls from the head of the Lotto syndicate on the Sunday morning after the draw and we were absolutely stunned – we just couldn’t believe it. 
"We’ve been keeping our heads down all week to let all of the excitement in the town die down a little bit. We’ll certainly enjoy the celebrations this week and we look forward to being able to help family and friends with our winnings as soon as we can,” they said.
The winning ticket was sold in Penrose’s shop on Main Street, Ballynacargy which is owned by Longford-Westmeath TD Willie Penrose, of the Labour Party, and his wife Anne.