Firm takes a Lotto holiday

A Dublin software design company took a half day yesterday as 11 of its staff celebrated a £250,000 Lotto win. They were part of a group of 12 colleagues from the south side company who collected a cheque for half of last Wednesday's £500,000 Lotto jackpot. Each member of the group receives £20,833.33. The second half of the jackpot, won by a player in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, remains uncollected.