Lotto Winner Identified?

mcauley · 30-07-2007 11:24AM #1

So it appears the winner(s) have been identified as a local family with 3 children ranging from teens to 20’s….They have gone away (obviously to think about what to do / how to react). Plenty of news on it here.

Am I the only one who thinks that it is hugely unfair that the family has been identified? I heard an interview on radio last night with a local, who stated that everyone knew who the winners were, but were choosing not to name them. Now on Radio this morning they have identified the family by name.

I think its very dangerous to go identifying the family publicly without their consent. I know somebody within the family has obviously shared the news with neighbours and this snowballed, but how could you possibly keep this news to yourself?

I just feel that by releasing the family’s name, it has left them wide-open to all sorts, including the usual begging letters, but also more dangerous aspects such as kidnappings and threats etc.

I think the family will have enough to think about in the coming days without feeling as if their safety is at risk

Rant Over.

P.S. That said, I’m sure the €16 million euro will somehow cushion the blow of their name being released to the public!!!

P.S.S. If any member of the winning family happen to read this post, I whole-heartedly support you and will gladly welcome donations or any contributions you may wish to offer .....

lady_j · 30-07-2007 11:27AM

Do you know for definate if they were named without consent? As far as I know you get a bonus if you choose not to remain anon... good pr for the lotto and all that

jor el · 30-07-2007 11:28AM

mcauley wrote:

Am I the only one who thinks that it is hugely unfair that the family has been identified?

Didn't they throw a big party Saturday night when they found out they won? That's a sure fire way of waiving your right to anonymity.

seamus · 30-07-2007 11:29AM

It's a small town in Co. Cork. This kind of thing is big gossip, every biddy will be on the street chatting about it, so it was going to come out regardless of who was and wasn't told.
Ironically, it's much easier to keep this stuff a secret in a larger city or town.

I had to laugh at the news yesterday. TV3 (I think) asked a local woman (mid-50's) if she knew who it was;
"Oh yes, I do. But I can't tell you. I can't tell you her name. She has 5 kids, but I can't give you the name."

Chunks · 30-07-2007 11:32AM

My mate just mailed me this...

The guy who won the lotto was called cunningham from cork
it says in the paper that his oldest son was called Shane

we work with a shane cunningham from cork and he didnt come in today -
didnt call in sick or anything ???

6ix · 30-07-2007 11:33AM

seamus wrote:

It's a small town in Co. Cork. This kind of thing is big gossip, every biddy will be on the street chatting about it, so it was going to come out regardless of who was and wasn't told.
Ironically, it's much easier to keep this stuff a secret in a larger city or town.

This is true, but having the locals know and having it announced on national radio are two very different things. It's unlikely that they'd announce it without consent though.

gucci · 30-07-2007 11:37AM

seamus wrote:

I had to laugh at the news yesterday. TV3 (I think) asked a local woman (mid-50's) if she knew who it was;
"Oh yes, I do. But I can't tell you. I can't tell you her name. She has 5 kids, but I can't give you the name."

yeah i thought that was very funny....im sure the winner is delighted that that news bag knows

"i cant tell you who won but if lets just call her mary S, no thats too obvious, how bout Mrs Smith.....!"

mcauley · 30-07-2007 11:37AM

Chunks wrote:

My mate just mailed me this...

:eek:

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 30-07-2007 12:21PM

seamus wrote:

I had to laugh at the news yesterday. TV3 (I think) asked a local woman (mid-50's) if she knew who it was;
"Oh yes, I do. But I can't tell you. I can't tell you her name. She has 5 kids, but I can't give you the name."

Lets just call her L Simpson. No that is too obvious, lets just call her Lisa S

mcauley · 30-07-2007 01:47PM

According to RTE the family left Cork at 8am this morning to make their way to Dublin....

That family is probably walking around Dublin City Centre as I am typing this....

daveirl · 30-07-2007 01:48PM

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seamus · 30-07-2007 01:53PM

daveirl wrote:

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The news would have you believe that it's a little village just off a botharín

Better story I guess - "Country village dwellers hit the big time".

magpie · 30-07-2007 04:20PM

didnt call in sick or anything

Would you bother?

_Kaiser_ · 30-07-2007 04:43PM

I would. Even with €16m I don't think I'd quit working (altogether).

mike65 · 30-07-2007 05:06PM

The National Lottery say no-one has called by with a ticket and big smile, so the reporting of a convoy of happy Corkmen and women is a load of bullsh-i-t and it makes you wonder how much else is.

Mike.

Mossy Monk · 30-07-2007 05:20PM

I think they should be left alone. I hate how people stick their noses in, why is it even of the news?

eirebhoy · 30-07-2007 05:49PM

Chunks wrote:

My mate just mailed me this...

There's a pic of him here:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lotto-luck-as-family-hit-jackpot-1047502.html

Pighead · 30-07-2007 05:52PM

eirebhoy wrote:

There's a pic of him here:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lotto-luck-as-family-hit-jackpot-1047502.html

Think thats the owner of the shop who sold the ticket. By the way does anybody know off hand what percentage of the jackpot the shop gets. Judging by Barrys face they get a few quid.

markpb · 30-07-2007 06:01PM

Pighead wrote:

Think thats the owner of the shop who sold the ticket. By the way does anybody know off hand what percentage of the jackpot the shop gets. Judging by Barrys face they get a few quid.

Even if they don't get a share, there'll be enough jackeens in the area who'll think it's a lucky shop and they're bound to win if they play there.

Zaph · 30-07-2007 06:02PM

I think the sellers of winning tickets get 10 grand

philstar · 30-07-2007 06:02PM

Well im going to be a typical irish begudger and say this......feck them anyway why could'nt ive been me me me me me me me me me me:mad:

miju · 30-07-2007 06:05PM

the shop get a standard prize of €15,000 for selling the winning ticket.

heard the asshole owner on the radio earlier on and said he might share a small bit of it among his staff or at least buy them a few drinks. greedy bastard if you ask me

ballooba · 30-07-2007 06:09PM

The shop get €15,000.

philstar · 30-07-2007 06:13PM

miju wrote:

the shop get a standard prize of €15,000 for selling the winning ticket.

heard the asshole owner on the radio earlier on and said he might share a small bit of it among his staff or at least buy them a few drinks. greedy bastard if you ask me

dead right too, he has to think of himself and his family first and foremost

Redisle · 30-07-2007 06:16PM

Im not sure how true this is but I heard a guy in work mention that their names were discovered by the shop checking the security camera footage and going to the time the ticket was bought... If that is true.. well.. not a very good thing to do is it.
And there is a huge article about the family in todays echo (cork/limerick paper for all you dubs), Its on the front page with more inside!

Crazy Christ · 30-07-2007 06:20PM

The newspapers always do that stupid 'here's what the winners could buy'
****e and then list a load of expensive cars and houses and throw in something
strange, like a diamond encrusted skull or something. it's so lazy, they all do it
couldn't they at least come up with something different like:

Ways to spend 16 million

Have the whole cast and crew of Fair City killed gangland style
Buy a few hundred Eastern European teenage girls and traffick them in
to open up a brothel in Cork City
Buy Pat Rabbitte some liposuction
Build a huge plastic turd and deposit it in the Irish Sea
Build a huge metal cage, put a load of Roma in it and deposit that in the Irish Sea

miju · 30-07-2007 08:15PM

philstar wrote:

dead right too, he has to think of himself and his family first and foremost

well personally I think its damn bloody greedy and would share up a windfall like that......karma and all that

Eoin087 · 31-07-2007 01:12AM

lol, the news has so many things wrong and the neighbours (attention seeking b@stards) that were on the news must have been smoking the funny stuff when they were interviewed.

1. There was no big party, they celebrated amongst themselves. none of the neighbours knew for fact they had won..all speculation at the time.
2. They did/(and still do) want to remain anonymous, some twat in the terrace notified the media when they heard the rumours.
3. It's not the Shane Cunningham your buddy knows chunks.
4. The owner of centra is a greedy b@stard who needs to learn some manners and theres no doubt that the staff won't get a penny of the money he's going to receive.
5. It'd be hard to find a more deserving family
6. The reporters should be shot for the way they're hounding the cunninghams home and the neighbours (decent ones, who don't go ballbing all to the media to get a bit of attention)
7. May they have a wonderful life from now on and I wish them the best of luck with they're new lives

testicle · 31-07-2007 09:28AM

seamus wrote:

The news would have you believe that it's a little village just off a botharín
Better story I guess - "Country village dwellers hit the big time".

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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=fairhill,+cork&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.488837,81.738281&ie=UTF8&ll=51.891749,-8.452263&spn=0.079138,0.159645&z=13&om=1

mcauley · 31-07-2007 09:35AM

Eoin087 wrote:

lol, the news has so many things wrong.....

Well said mate.

The family seem quite deserving, I think the media hounding them is disgraceful, obviously they celebrated and news spreads fast, but as I said already, identifying them in national newspapers and on national television leaves them open to ALL sorts of danger. And for what seems like a fairly normal "run of the mill" family, they obviously wouldnt be familiar with any of the dangers associated with such a windfall.

I think interest in the winner is only natural, but this family has been harrassed....I mean photographers camped outside their home and also outside the Lotto HQ?

They've been very wise so far to avoid all the public attention.

\m/_(>_<)_\m/ · 31-07-2007 10:25AM

mcauley wrote:

So it appears the winner(s) have been identified as a local family with 3 children ranging from teens to 20’s….They have gone away (obviously to think about what to do / how to react). Plenty of news on it here.

Am I the only one who thinks that it is hugely unfair that the family has been identified? I heard an interview on radio last night with a local, who stated that everyone knew who the winners were, but were choosing not to name them. Now on Radio this morning they have identified the family by name.

.....

so they HAVE been identified....

3 children ha,

local family you say, as you from Dublin i presume you mean they are from Dublin.......interesting.

oh i DO think its "hugely unfair that the family has been identified"

and interviews with local Dublin people who "stated that everyone knew who the winners were"

and "Now on Radio this morning they have identified the family by name"

if i ever win the lotto
i hope I'm identified by the Dublin press as well....:rolleyes:

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