Man caring full-time for elderly dad to put scratchcard win towards bills and care costs
A retired Dublin landscaper who is caring full time for his elderly father has won €21,000 on a National Lottery online scratch card.
Peter Galligan, from Artane, said the win will go a long way towards paying bills and helping him and his family care for their 84-year-old Dad.
His mother, who has Alzheimer’s, is living in a nursing home.
A delighted Peter said: “I could not believe it when I saw that I had won. It was only when I got an email from the National Lottery confirming the win that I really believed it. It is brilliant news.”
He added: “My mother is in a nursing home and I am looking after my father who is also called Peter. So this amount of money really means a lot. I will get some family members to cover for me so I can take a week off and I will head to Spain for a holiday.”
