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Winning start to married life
28.10.12
A LUCKY local bride started her first day of married
life today with a new name and €32,700 in the bank.
Thirty-four year old Mary Hamdam (nee O'Sullivan)
from Shrove, Greencastle, was stunned when she was
picked to appear on Winning Streak on the same day
as her wedding to Eoin (39). As all their nearest
and dearest were celebrating their nuptials in Co
Donegal, it fell to a friend's daughter, student
optomotrist Ciara Ní Chleirigh (21) from Blackrock,
Co Dublin, to take Mary's seat on the show. |
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Newly-weds Mary and Eoin Hamdam begin
married life together with a Winning Streak windfall
of €32,700. |
The happy couple woke
up in their marital suite at the Redcastle Hotel
this morning beaming after a wonderful wedding and
the knowledge they are €32,700 better off.
"We are just delighted. The wedding went perfectly
and everyone really enjoyed themselves. Watching
Winning Streak half way through was great craic
altogether," beamed Mary.
“Ciara was great on the show – no bother to her at
all. She did very well for us.”
Her delighted husband, Eoin, from Omagh, Co Tyrone,
admitted that not many couples begin married life
financially better off than before their big wedding
splurge.
"It certainly doesn't happen every day," he said.
"We were having such a fantastic day that we nearly
forgot about the Winning Streak until it was nearly
time for it to be on. “The show was recorded earlier
in the day and we could have found out what Ciara
won but we wanted to keep it a surprise and watch it
with everyone else," he added.
Special needs assistant Mary and IT specialist Eoin
have been together for nearly five years and share a
rented home in Blackrock, Co Dublin. The couple now
plan to put the winnings towards buying a house. The
Hamdams continued their celebrations with family and
friends today before they fly off to Budapest on
honeymoon on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the couple admitted that no jackpot win
could ever match their happiness as they begin their
new life together. “I’m a very, very lucky man,”
beamed Eoin. |
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