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Saturday 24 October 2020
The award is the world’s largest prize for a single novel published in English.
The writer won a Pulitzer in the early 1990s.
This winning Quick Pick ticket was bought at the Circle K Thomond service station in Thomondgate, Co Limerick.
Lottie Ryan and her dance partner Pasquale La Rocca’s did enough to secure the votes.
Atwood has been awarded for The Testaments and Evaristo has been awarded for Girl, Woman, Other.
Read the overall winner of this year’s RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Award, in memory of Francis McManus.
Weimin Chu will receive €6,646 and a post on National Geographic Travel’s Instagram account.
Everyone at Joyce’s Supermarket is celebrating today.
Leanne Kiernan won the senior women’s award, while Richard Dunne and Emma Byrne were inducted to the Hall of Fame.
A punter who bought the ticket in Louth won the jackpot in last night’s draw.
The family said they are now looking forward to getting on with their lives.
The €175.4 million Euromillions jackpot is the biggest winning prize in the history of the Irish National Lottery.
Meanwhile, Irish striker Simon Cox scored a hat-trick in League One today.
There were also impressive finishes from Ireland’s Lizzie Lee and Mick Clohisey on Sunday.
Bournemouth’s fourth win of the season lifts them to seventh place in the Premier League.
The Feyenoord captain was busy in the latter stages of yesterday’s game against Vitesse Arnhem.
The Irish author won the €100k International Dublin Literary Award this week for his novel Solar Bones.
McCormack was nominated alongside writers like Eimear McBride, Han Kang and Elizabeth Strout.
“Rummage in your handbags, wallets or purses, check on top of the fridge, the glove compartments of the car, coat pockets, wherever you keep your tickets.”
She is the first American woman to win the race in 33 years.
The 26-year-old sealed Munster’s semi-final place with a stunning try.
It’s not yet known whether the ticket belongs to an individual or a syndicate.
The winning ticket was sold in Lifford, Co Donegal.
Six great books about a range of topics.
The winner of the €500,000 Euromillions ticket sold on Bere Island on 19 September.
This is the 11th win in Ireland of the EuroMillions jackpot.
The lucky prize winner scoops a jackpot worth €28,975,630.
The Lions boss said criticism of his team has actually helped galvanise them.
There were four categories with 14 entrants in total.
Shops in Dublin, Donegal, Cork and Waterford made it into the top 10.
The Cavan woman finished second at yesterday’s NCAA Championship to finish her season.
The fado-tinged song “Amar Pelos Dois” was performed by 27-year-old Salvador Sobral, who is awaiting a heart transplant.
The winners are chosen by public vote, with almost 15,000 customers rating their stations.
Eleven Madison Park was crowned 2017′s winner of the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
Read a story which won the First Fiction award at this year’s Hennessy Literary Awards.
Ticketholders have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize in person at National Lottery Headquarters on Abbey Street in Dublin.
This is the first time this year that the jackpot has climbed this high.
He wants to start his own business.
The Connacht out-half nailed a last-gasp penalty to secure a win against Wasps.
Jackson made an emotional speech after collecting the coveted award.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
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