An Irish woman who won a £77m (112m euros) lottery jackpot is thought to have gone into hiding because of the interest generated by her record win.
Dolores McNamara, 50, from Garryowen, County Limerick, scooped Europe's largest lottery jackpot on Friday.
The Euromillions jackpot had accumulated through nine rollovers.
Mrs McNamara's friend Geraldine Donohoe said: "She is a lovely person. She married and she raised a lovely family. She more than deserved what she got."
Mrs McNamara checked her ticket in a pub on Friday night to discover she had won the prize, accumulated after nine successive roll-overs.
However, she will not be able to claim the prize until next week.
The National Lottery of Ireland said it could not confirm there was a winner until the person came forward with the winning ticket.
"Obviously it is all over the papers, but there is a formal procedure," said Paula McEvoy of the National Lottery.
"The offices will be open on Tuesday but it would be mid to late next week at the earliest, that the person would get the money, because of the magnitude of the amount.
"The funds would have to come from abroad it is up to the winner, however, they may choose not to come in for two-months. They have 90 days from the day of the draw."
Euromillions tickets are also sold in the UK, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, France, Luxembourg, and Spain.
The National Lottery operates Euromillions in the Republic of Ireland.
Friday's winning numbers were 3, 19, 26, 49 and 50, and Lucky Stars 4 and 5.
Lucky Stars
To win the Euromillions jackpot, players need to match five main numbers from 1 to 50 - and 2 Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 9.
Europe's previous biggest lottery draw prize was £72m (105m euros) won on the Italian Superenalotto in May.
The UK's top Euromillions jackpot winner is Marion Richardson, from Gateshead, who won £16.7m on 9 April, 2004, two months after the game was launched.
The largest UK National Lottery jackpot win in history was £42m shared by three ticket holders on 6 January, 1996.
The UK's biggest single winner revealed to date is Iris Jeffrey, from Belfast, who won £20.1m on 14 July, 2004.
The world's largest individual jackpot prize was taken by Andrew Whittaker, who won $314.9m (£197.4m) in the US playing Powerball in 2002.
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A lot of people are on about that here (Jaysus Fecking Joseph and Mary, 115 million). She was on tv during the weekend. Even if she just puts it in the bank there will be an 8K interest every days they said. A bit unreal isn't it?
Aunt Dolores!!! I didn't realize you had moved to Ireland!!! I'm so sorry us family in the states lost touch with you. But I'm glad I stumbled across this small news article so that we can re-establish our family ties!
Since we have those pesky things such as "gift" tax here in the states, how about you just set up a Swiss bank account in my name?
Mrs McNamara's friend Geraldine Donohoe said: "She is a lovely person. She married and she raised a lovely family. She more than deserved what she got."
Mrs McNamara's friend Geraldine Donohoe said: "She is a lovely person. She married and she raised a lovely family. She more than deserved what she got."
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You've never been to Limerick I take it?
Slan,
D.
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"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner
