A lucky Lottery player in Cork has woken up almost €300,000 richer this morning – a nice way to celebrate the lifting of a 24-hour weather warning.
The player matched five numbers and a lucky star in Friday's EuroMillions draw, winning a prize worth €294,048. The Quick Pick ticket was purchased earlier that day from Sweeney’s Daybreak, Kiltegan Park in Rochestown. The winning numbers in last night’s (Friday, November 14) EuroMillions draw were: 9, 26, 27, 45, 48 and the Lucky Stars were 8 and 9.
While there was no winner of the EuroMillions jackpot worth €122,611,491, over 55,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and EuroMillions Plus games – including the Rebel winner. The Cork player is advised to sign the back of their ticket and keep it safe. They should make contact with the National Lottery Prize Claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie and arrangements will be made for them to visit Lottery Headquarters to collect their prize.
National Lottery spokesperson Darragh O’Dwyer said: “A EuroMillions player in Cork is certain to be celebrating today after matching five numbers and one lucky star in Friday night’s main EuroMillions draw to win an incredible €294,048. While over 55,000 players won prizes across the EuroMillions and EuroMillions Plus draws, the Cork player earned themselves the title as the biggest winner of the night in Ireland. Today, we are encouraging all our players in Cork to check their tickets very carefully and to contact our Prize Claims team as soon as possible.”
It follows a big €405,000 win in Waterford last week – though the winner didn't know about it for a couple of days before checking the ticket locked in his car over the weekend. On that occasion the ticket was purchased from Mulhearns Foodstore in Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. The winner explained: “I heard the news breaking the following day.
"But after leaving the ticket in my car over the weekend, I didn’t check it until Sunday evening. I had to scan the ticket three times to believe what I was seeing – ‘You’ve Won Big!’ I couldn’t stop smiling for hours. I was so delighted!” He added that he's planning a big Christmas celebration to mark the win.
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Published 8:22 pm Wednesday, November 12, 2025
By Candice Stilwell
A fundraiser for a former jail corporal fighting cancer raised more than $1,900 as he recovers from treatment.
The Nov. 8 fundraiser for Madras resident Hector Martinez was organized by a nonprofit called Heroes for Hector. 
The fundraiser was a showcase of community spirit, organizers said. The Elks Lodge provided Bingo games and raffle tickets. Oregon Beef Company in Madras donated meat for hamburgers served on site and Grocery Outlet donated hamburger buns and gave a discount to Hector’s Heroes for the condiments. 
“Chaplain Richard Ross reached out saying that he would love to put on a fundraiser for Hector and his family,” said Elk’s Lodge secretary Valarie Highfield. “And I thought it was a great idea and just ran with it.”
More than 40 people attended the fundraiser, and all the money raised went to Martinez and his family. 
Martinez returned home in late September after months in Portland’s Oregon Health & Science University hospital. While there, he received 12 weeks of treatment for a rare kind of cancer: Burkitt’s Lymphoma. 
“It’s a long, long road of recovery ahead of him, even now,” said Martinez’s nephew Bryan Lima. “And it was really rough at the beginning of the year. I was actually in the room with him when they diagnosed him.”
The treatment ultimately caused Martinez to have partial paralysis from the waist down. 
Now, Martinez and his family are adjusting to a new way of life as Martinez is currently in a wheelchair. 
“Really, this is benefiting the Martinez family,” said Elks Lodge staff member Cullen Doyle. “ And we’re trying to stand behind them.”
Martinez is currently working in outpatient therapy on strengthening his muscles and has gained back some ability to move his feet. 
“It is a lot of work,” said Martinez about his recovery efforts. “It’s been just a crazy process, the whole thing.” 
Through it all, Martinez said he has been thankful for his wife, who has been a huge support to him. 
“It’s a lot on her plate and I just don’t know if I could ever thank her enough.”
Lima shared a similar sentiment. 
“She’s just awesome all around,” Lima said about his aunt. “I feel like she took care of him the most and I think she needs just as much recognition for her to assure her that she’s doing a good job too.”
Martinez has been overwhelmed by all the support he’s received from those around him since coming home. 
“It’s mostly all of my coworkers who have been really pushing it,” said Martinez. “But it really surprised me because some of them are people that I know, that’s how they are, and that’s how they’d be. But then there’s been some people who I’ve been more of acquaintances with. And to see those people help out, it just shows that when you give good, good karma, it comes back to you.”
The fundraiser was no exception to that. 
Elk’s Lodge staff were excited at the opportunity to support Martinez and kick off their weekly Bingo nights with the fundraiser.  
“It’s just overwhelming from someone who went from basically the brink of death because of how sick I got,” Martinez said. “And then seeing everyone just supporting me. People I know, people I don’t know, just people of the community… It’s just an amazing thing.”

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                 Saturday, 15 November 2025 10:57                 <br>                         By News Team                                             <br>             It was a lucky night for one EuroMillions player in County Cork, who has scooped a prize of €294,048.         <br>The winning ticket was purchased at Sweeney&rsquo;s Daybreak in Kiltegan Park, Rochestown, and matched the numbers 9, 26, 27, 45, 48, with Lucky Stars 8 and 9.<br>While the EuroMillions jackpot of over &euro;122 million went unclaimed, more than 55,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and EuroMillions Plus draws, including the lucky Cork player.<br>Speaking about the win, National Lottery spokesperson Darragh O&rsquo;Dwyer said:<br><em>&ldquo;A EuroMillions player in Cork is certain to be celebrating today after matching five numbers and one Lucky Star in Friday night&rsquo;s main EuroMillions draw to win an incredible &euro;294,048. While over 55,000 players won prizes across the EuroMillions and EuroMillions Plus draws, the Cork player earned themselves the title as the biggest winner of the night in Ireland. Today, we are encouraging all our players in Cork to check their tickets very carefully and to contact our Prize Claims team as soon as possible.&rdquo;</em><br>The winner is advised to sign the back of their ticket and keep it safe. They should contact the National Lottery Prize Claims team on 1800 666 222 or via claims@lottery.ie&nbsp;to arrange a visit to Lottery Headquarters to collect their prize.<br>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onic-player/id6747436925?ppid=7f34f5aa-7e94-4bfd-8061-e41ce90c27a8"><img alt="" src="https://mmo.aiircdn.com/301/68da98f341698.png" /></a><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQc19sRTFNZGdwV2VaVENYTTFHbUI3ak5kS2R1RlA5TzIzRFNZMUF5X1hNaldGYkp4c2h3MEV6QkNPU0JGQ1JHZWlHaWh2U1J3cW4wTG5RbGpsUkZxWkgxRzBIME1CX0lzOXBKeTNqVUd5VnY0OFBWUkpoYVkzTGFWZ1NYTmJjS0hJVmdkQzBaNjd0VE0?oc=5">source</a>

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Community members gathered at the Austin Town Hall Cultural Center for Cultural Conversations: Native American Heritage Month, featuring a staged reading of “Bingo Hall” and a discussion on identity, heritage, and belonging on Nov. 6. 
Dillon Chitto, a Mississippi Choctaw, Laguna and Isleta Pueblo playwright, joined Osage director Elise Bear for a panel discussion led by Tony Bondoc, director of programming at the League of Chicago Theatres. 
“Bingo Hall” follows Edward Anaya, a young man from the Pueblo community who finds himself torn between leaving home for college or staying close to his roots. 
Bear reflected on how “Bingo Hall” resonated with their own experiences growing up on the Osage Reservation. They shared that the play’s themes mirror the choices they once faced, from deciding which high school to attend due to the lack of one in their small town, to navigating the challenges of applying to colleges beyond their community. 
“I find that to be incredibly relatable and it’s something you don’t often see on stage,” Bear said. “There are monologues in this show about the Osage Reservation story, which I find incredibly inspiring because it represents the backbone of our people. I’m not Pueblo, but our own creation story informs how we live and I think that theme in this play helps pull everyone forward.” 
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Conversations among family members back in New Mexico often centered on who would leave the reservation to pursue education and who would stay to care for relatives and maintain tradition, said Chitto. This balance between opportunity and cultural preservation remains a defining reality for many in their community. 
“There’s a lot of Native American theater, especially that focuses on trauma, such as the Trail of Tears or smallpox, that was important back then and it helps humanize our stories, but it’s only a small part of who we are as Native people,” Chitto said.  
Chitto said their intention was to write the story in a way that highlighted specific experiences, particularly themes of migration and movement. 
“I just graduated college last year. This show is meaningful to me, just because I’m working with so many Native people. This is the first show I have been able to work on that was written by a Native person,” Bear said. 
The value of collaborating with artists from different disciplines and perspectives creates a strong sense of community, a point Bear emphasized. They also highlighted the importance of bringing more Native voices to the forefront and sharing stories through theater that can reach and impact wide audiences. The opportunity to present these works broadly and touch people’s hearts is something they strongly support. 
Chicago has one of the largest urban Native populations, a result of the Urban Relocation Act from the 1970s, which brought many people from reservations to the city, according to Chitto, who finds it striking that some theaters struggle to produce a Native show with even two Native artists, despite the sizable local community. He notes that this challenge reflects the current state of representation in theater. 
When asked about directing a stage reading, Bear said their approach was a hybrid between a traditional stage reading and a full production. They treated the script as they would for a complete show, thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the story and using the rehearsal process to explore it. Because the production involved significant movement and blocking, the director visualized the space and allowed much of the staging to develop organically.  
 “Mostly, it was about staying true to the text and maintaining honesty, because the characters are already so alive and vibrant. The goal was just to make sure the performance remained truthful to them,” Bear said.  
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