Kathleen Egan was lucky last night in the Shannonbridge/Doon weekly Lotto winning £2400 with her winning numbers which were 4, 10, 15 and 18. Next week the Jackpot starts again at £1500.
The counting and recounting of votes for the local, european and change to the constitution has finished apart from one area where one of the candidates died and counting was adjourned.
In the Ferbane electoral area there was no change with Connie Hanniffy, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Tom Feery and Eamon Dooley holding their seats.
Weather was so good yesterday that Dave Kemp had a good excuse for only catching six ounces in ten hours fishing time.Steve Nell was the winner for the day with over five pounds.
The Central Fisheries visited Shannonbridge and looked at the Hot Water Stretch where they plan to carry out some work including the removal of a bed of ash which has lain there for over 18 months.A plan to build a fishermans road to a bankside some few hundred yards downstream of the Hot Water has been put on hold for the present.