Mayo teacher hoping to go on a Winning Streak for her aunt
A MAYO woman is hoping to make it the perfect New Year when she appears on the National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTÉ One on Saturday, January 5, for her aunt.
Mary Kirrane, from Mayo Abbey, said she had no choice when she was asked by her aunt, Annie Kirrane, to take her place on Winning Streak as 'you just can’t say no to Annie!'.
Annie was stunned after her name was selected to appear on the show and asked her niece to play for her.
Mary, a primary school teacher, was born in the United States after her parents, both from Mayo, met and married in San Francisco. The family moved back to Ireland when Mary was 18 months old and she has lived in Mayo Abbey ever since.
Mary teaches in Mayo Abbey National School and her colleagues and the students are excited at the prospect of seeing her on the show. Mary also works as a carer for her mum Ellen and has one sibling, her brother John, who will be in the audience.
Mary hopes to do as well as she can for Annie who, she says, deserves this slice of luck as she is such a lovely person.
She says Annie has no plans for the cash as she is still coming to terms with her name being pulled out. Nonetheless, both Annie and Mary are relishing the trip to Dublin to win a fortune!
Winning Streak returns to RTÉ One on Saturday, January 5. The National Lottery game show, co-presented by Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy, will feature some perennial favorite games as well but also brand new games, including Play or Pay, Roll for Riches, WinFall and Electric Dream – where one player will win an electric car worth €25,000.
As ever one of the lucky five players will get the chance to spin the wheel and win up to €500,000. But this series a €100,000 segment will be added to the iconic Grand Prize Wheel every show if less than that was won in the previous show, improving players' chances to win a massive prize.
A brand new-look Winning Streak scratch card is available in the 5,900 National Lottery retailers all over the country, where as well as the chance to appear on the Winning Streak TV game show if you get three stars, players will also be in with a chance to win some great cash prizes up to €5,000.