Good news, bad news for Tuam supermarket

IT was a week of mixed fortunes for Tuam’s largest supermarket when the store sold a winning Euromillions ticket but also had to deal with a Covid-19 scare.

On Friday one lucky customer of O’Toole’s SuperValu bought a Quick Pick ticket which later that evening won the €500,000 EuroMillions Plus top prize.

Unfortunately another topic was an outbreak of Covid-19 among the staff last week.

When some staff members felt unwell, they took the Covid test. Seven were positive and another eight were close contacts, who tested negative, Mary Lardner told The Herald.

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