The €115 million winner of the biggest prize in Eurpean lottery history has not yet turned up at the head office of the National Lottery in Dublin to claim the cash.
Photographers and reporters gathered outside the office in Abbey Street this morning in the hope the lucky winner would show.
Manageress of Garryowen Stores, Mary Brosnan (left) and her sisterCora Doherty behind the machine that produced the winning ticket
A winner of a smaller prize in last Friday's EuroMillions draw managed to enter the offices unseen to claim a cheque for €667,000.
The man has decided not to be identified publicly.
Although the National Lottery cannot name the €115 million winner because no official claim has yet
been made, it has been widely reported that Dolores McNamara (50) from Limerick scooped the massive lottery prize with a quick-pick ticket last Friday night.
Ms McNamara has not been seen publicly since news emerged of her €115.6 million win in the EuroMillions draw.
It was reported today that she and her family have sought professional advice on the win but that they have left their home for a few days to make plans for the future.
Ms McNamara and her husband live in the working-class Garryowen suburb of Limerick city; they have three daughters and three sons.
The National Lottery offices in Dublin opened at 9.15am today after being closed for the August bank holiday weekend.
A spokeswoman for the National Lottery said the winner has 90 days to claim the prize, as is the case with the Irish Lotto.
"We have had some people come in 90 minutes before the 90-day deadline is up, some not having known they were the winner until then.
We have also had other people who knew they were the winners waiting for two or three months before they came in so they had time to think about the money and what they would do with it."
The spokeswoman said the winner could visit the offices today to make a formal claim but that it would take until tomorrow afternoon to clear the €115 million funds so the win can be paid.
As the enormous sum must be transferred from the eight EU countries involved in the EuroMillions lottery, it will take time to gather the money together.
The National Lottery spokeswoman said its advice to winners was always to take some time out to think about what they would do with the money.
She said winners were also advised to seek professional financial assistance, but that some had already done so by the time they made a claim.