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Culdaff mum wins €40,000 on
Winning Streak
19.11.19
THERE were double
celebrations for a lucky family in Inishowen who won
€40,000 on the Winning Streak TV game show last
Saturday night, just four weeks after they welcomed
a new baby to their family.
Louise Mills from Culdaff was feeding her four week
old boy, Jamie, last week while watching Winning
Streak on TV. She had paused the show at the start
for a few minutes before continuing watching. Then
her phone rang and it was her mum, Eileen, who was
frantic and screaming down the phone. Louise thought
something was wrong and waited for Eileen to compose
herself and then she told her daughter she was going
to be on Winning Streak. Louise quickly hung up the
phone and fast forwarded the show to the point where
Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy were drawing the
players for next week and heard her name called out! |
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Pictured left to right: Sinead
Kennedy Winning Streak co-host; Ronan Leech, The
National Lottery; Louise Mills and Marty Whelan. The
winning ticket was bought from the An Post office in
Carndonagh. |
Louise’s phone has been
buzzing with excitement recently, not just ahead of
her Winning Streak appearance but because she given
birth to her fourth child. His name is Jamie and all
four children are boys. The others are Jack (11),
Jay (8) and Charlie (2) and they were beyond excited
as their mum appeared on TV last Saturday. It was
the first time Louise had to leave baby Jamie so,
while it was tough, it was certainly worth it as she
bagged the €40,000 prize.
Louise has been married to Raymond for the past four
years and the couple live in Culdaff. Louise is
originally from Malin and the couple moved to
Culdaff more than 10 years ago. Raymond, along with
the couple’s eldest two boys, Louise’s parents
Eileen and Gerard and her brother Damien all joined
her and other family friends in the RTÉ studio
audience.
With her €40,000 cash windfall, Louise plans to get
a new seven seater SUV as the family no longer all
fit into their car. |
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