David Walsh wins €560,000 lotto share as assets frozen

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David Walsh won a one-sixth share of a €3.3 million Lotto prize in the High Court, with asset-freezing orders continued on 6 February 2017. The ruling followed a seven-day hearing and found Walsh part-owner of the winning ticket. The court continued orders preventing Mary Walsh from reducing her assets below €929,000, pending a full hearing of the injunction application the following week.

The award was stayed pending any appeal. Mary Walsh had denied Walsh’s claim and argued he accepted the family home instead of money, but the judge rejected that account and found the property transfer unrelated to the Lotto win.