Euromillions: Irish and Spanish players share 25m euro jackpot

Two Euromillions ticket holders in the Republic of Ireland and Spain are to split the winning jackpot of 25.6m euros (拢21.6m).

Both players matched five numbers and two lucky stars in Friday night's draw.

The jackpot winners are each due to collect 12.8m euros (拢10.8).

The numbers drawn were 11, 23, 25, 32, 37, and the lucky stars were 4 and 7. It is the second time in three months that an Irish ticket has split the Euromillions jackpot.

In June, a shop in Beaumont, County Dublin, sold a ticket that shared in a top prize of 188m euros (160m).

The Beaumont ticket holder, who wished to remain anonymous, picked up a cheque for almost 94m euros (拢80m), splitting the jackpot with a player in Belgium.

The player immediately become the 96th richest person in Ireland.