NATIONAL LOTTERY SIGNED OVER TO ITS NEW OPERATORS
The National Lottery is being signed over its new operators today.
Premier Lotteries Ireland has been granted a 20 year licence. It is paying 405 million euro for the contract.
The consortium includes An Post, the Camelot Group and the Ontario Teachers Pension plan.
Half of the money will be used in the development of the new National Children’s Hospital in Dublin.
The Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Wexford’s Brendan Howlin says the remainder will be allocated to job creation projects nationwide.
“So there are a variety of projects right across the country” he said.
“Ranging from the new conference centre in Cork to the Limerick culture year; a variety of built projects including the developments in the National Sports Campus” he added.
