'I think I'm still dreaming' says Portadown Moy Park worker and mum of 2 who scooped £250k in Tommy French Competitions with plans to visit her parents in Gdansk, Poland

Marta Osentowska and her husband Pieter are still in dreamland days after meeting with Tommy French at the Ashburn Hotel in Lurgan where £250k was transferred into her bank account. Marta opted for cash rather than the stunning Spanish villa the prize also offered.

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From Poland originally Marta and Pieter, who have two children, a daughter aged 22 and a son aged 21, have been living here for 18 years and are planning on splashing out on a new home in Gilford, Co Down.

Marta revealed it had been their dream to buy a house so now they are house hunting although it is still hard for the couple to take it all in.

"We’re not in a rush,” she said. “Next month I just want to go home and see my mum and dad in Gdańsk.

"I just miss them so much so that is the first thing I will be doing,” she said, adding she hadn’t see her parents since last year.

Marta works at Moy Park while her husband works at Kerry Foods. "They didn’t expect we would come in to work after winning so much money,” she said.

She is still in shock with her windfall. “I can’t handle it yet. I need a few days, maybe a week or so, to realise it is true,” she said. "I still can’t believe this has happened.”

"I know it is loads of money but that money will not last forever. For me it is still important to take care of my family and make sure they get everything they deserve,” she said.

This is the latest in a string of major prizes put up by the Lurgan firm Tommy French Competitions. £24.2m in prizes have been won including 3 houses, lots of holidays, cars and trips to football games.

Tyler Burns won a house in Craigavon a couple of years ago via Tommy French Competitions while the Corrigan family from Armagh and Ann Marie O’Kane, who also won a house both took the £250k.

The firm also has donates more than £200k local charities.