[patsylimerick]

Don't know, Mids. I genuinely wouldn't want to win Euromillions - have never done it. I'd be quite happy to win a million or two on the National Lottery. But I wouldn't want several dozen million. Here's part of the reason why:

WHEN struggling mum Dolores McNamara won EUR115million on the EuroMillions lottery last summer she knew life would never be the same again.

The mother of six could give up her part-time cleaning job and stop worrying how to pay for her youngest child's school uniform.

Instead she enjoyed planning how to spend her cash... on a fabulous new home, extravagant holidays for the family and maybe even a racehorse.

But wealth has come at a price - and that's a sobering thought for whoever wins the even bigger EUR125million jackpot up for grabs next week in the same lottery.

Six months after her dream windfall, Dolores, 47, and her family have been plagued by kidnap plots and death threats which have forced them to go into hiding.

While decorators put the finishing touches to their palatial EUR1.76million new home in Co Clare, the McNamaras are living in fear for their lives.

Dolores's eldest son Gary, 26, has been forced to flee his home on the outskirts of Limerick with his girlfriend and child after police told him of plans by a notorious Irish

Also, though, such a huge amount of money has to completely change your life and the relationships with those around you. Wouldn't want it. Careful what you wish for.