The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning ticketholder of a Lotto jackpot worth €4,041,306 on Saturday 9th May, which was sold in Co. Clare, has made contact.

All over Ireland in the past number of weeks we have seen communities come together to look after one another in so many ways – volunteers helping others to get their shopping and medicines, people fundraising for the frontline, everybody obeying the restrictions to help our fellow citizens stay healthy, together in spirit but apart physically.

Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring has announced a €40m grant to aid the Covid-19 response of community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises, with an online closing date of Wednesday, 20th May, 2020, at 5pm.

Responding to its funding crisis, and on foot of the 15 minute sell-out success of its art sale INCOGNITO, it's hoped that a second event will help to raise further much-needed funds for the services they provide for struggling families across Ireland.

Saturday’s €4,041,306 winning ticket was sold in at Talty’s Mace Circle K in Lissycasey it has been confirmed.

A ticket-holder in Co. Clare has scooped last night's €4,041,306 Lotto jackpot.

As the Covid-19 crisis has forced the cancellation of the annual Darkness Into Light event, Pieta are still urging people in Clare and across the country to rise at dawn and “come together while apart.”

Carrigoran House Nursing Home is inviting people to take part in a Facebook talent competition.