Someone in Ireland is €49m richer tonight

Someone in Ireland is €49m richer this evening after the sole winning ticket in the Euromillions lottery was bought in Ireland.

The winning numbers were 14, 15, 24, 29, 42 and lucky stars 2 and 4.

There was only one winning ticket in the lottery - and it belongs to an Irish Euromillions player, who now pockets the jackpot of €49,564,587.

The National Lottery has, at this stage, given no further details of the ticket or where it was purchased.