EuroMillions winner gives away

Frances Connolly revealed she agreed a charity budget with her husband Patrick, but has already donated £60 million- what they would have given by 2023.

Mrs Connolly scoffed at the idea of spending £25,000 on a bottle of champagne after seeing it on a TV show and said she immediately thought that could have put a young person on the property ladder. The Connollys won in the 2019 EuroMillions and distributed bundles of cash immediately to friends and family using a list she prepared before winning as she believed it would happen. A multimillionaire who claims she is ‘addicted to helping’ has given away more than half of her £115m lottery winnings and busted her budget for the next decade.

Frances Connolly said her husband has had to set up a 'budget' to reduce her generous spending.

The money will free you to be that person.” We did not want to be dishing out loads and loads to them straight away. In an earlier interview, Frances said: “We decided very early on that our daughters were not going to get tens of millions. After holding a charity gala night which raised £100,000, she told the Mirror how giving to good causes 'gives her a buzz'. She said: "I get to change people's lives every day if I want to. "We might have to revise it." The 'real-life Fairy Godmother' was given a 'budget' by husband Patrick because she is 'addicted' to helping others.

Frances Connolly was given a 'budget' by her husband Patrick as she is 'addicted' to helping others. She held a charity gala night which raised £100000 and ...

I’d say to anyone in our situation: ‘Think about the person you want to be. We did not want to be dishing out loads and loads to them straight away. She said: “I get to change people’s lives every day if I want to. I’m addicted to it now.” I’m addicted to it.” It’s roughly what she had agreed to donate over the course of 10 years.

Frances Connolly, 55, from Northern Ireland and now living in Hartlepool in Co Durham, has handed around £11million to good causes so far in 2022, ...

It was to take us up to 2032. I’m addicted to it now.” She said: “I get to change people’s lives every day if I want to. I’m addicted to it.” We set one this year, I agreed to it. It’s roughly what she had agreed to donate over the course of 10 years.

Frances Connolly, 55 has handed about £11million to good causes so far in 2022. It's roughly what she had agreed to donate over the course of 10 years.

I’d say to anyone in our situation: ‘Think about the person you want to be. We did not want to be dishing out loads and loads to them straight away. Frances added: “This is an area that needs support. It was to take us up to 2032. “They will get more when we die. After holding a charity gala night which raised £100,000, she told how giving to good causes ‘gives her a buzz’.She said: “I get to change people’s lives every day if I want to. I’m addicted to it now.” “Money liberates you to be the person you want to be. “The money will free you to be that person.” We set one this year, I agreed to it. “It makes no sense to me to have that kind of money and not use it to do good in the world.” Frances Connolly, from Hartlepool, won the money in 2019 and says she is addicted to changing people's lives.

Former social worker and teacher Frances Connolly, 55, from Northern Ireland, has already busted the charity budget she agreed for this year with husband ...

She estimates she has given away £60m, including to charity, but does not keep a tally, joking she would be worried in case her 57-year-old husband saw it She estimates she has given away £60m, including to charity, but does not keep a tally, joking she would be worried in case her 57-year-old husband saw it. The Connollys won the EuroMillions in 2019 and immediately gave away large chunks of cash to friends and family, using a list she prepared in advance of the win - which she always believed would happen. Former social worker and teacher Frances Connolly, 55, from Northern Ireland, has already busted the charity budget she agreed for this year with husband Paddy - and has given away what they would have donated up to 2032. EuroMillions jackpot winner who has given away HALF of her £115million fortune says she is addicted to helping others and has to keep her donations secret from her anxious husband A lottery winner who has given away more than half of her £115 million fortune said she is addicted to helping others.

Frances and Patrick Connolly landed a £115m jackpot and have donated more than half their winnings.

"If I had any advice for a winner... "If you're stupid before you get it, you're going to be stupid afterwards," she said. A lottery winner who scooped a £115m fortune and has given away more than half her winnings said she is "addicted" to helping others.

A Northern Irish woman has revealed that she's given away over half of her $144.5 million lottery fortune. Frances Connolly who won the EuroMillions lottery ...

In 2020 she told iNews "I’ve taken real joy from helping other people out. Initially, they gave away large amounts of money to friends and family. "Think about what type of person you are and what type of person you want to be." Paddy drives a second-hand Aston Martin and still runs plastics businesses. "Money liberates you to be the person that you want to be. "If you're stupid before you get it, you're going to be stupid afterward," she said.

Frances Connolly says she has already busted the charity budget she agreed for this year with husband Paddy.

Think about what type of person you are and what type of person you want to be.” “Money liberates you to be the person that you want to be. Money’s not going to make you sensible. I’m not being funny, I’d have been a millionaire anyway if I took back all the money I’ve given away over the years. We might have to revise that.” I’ve done that all my life.

A lottery winner who scooped £115million has given away more than half her fortune as she is addicted to helping others. Frances Connolly's husband Paddy ...

‘If I had any advice for a winner, that’s what I’d say. ‘Money’s not going to make you sensible. It wasn’t in the bank two days”. Think about what type of person you are and what type of person you want to be.’ The couple, who have three daughters – Catrina, 34, and twins Fiona and Natalie, 26 – are not extravagant with their wealth and Frances has no desire to buy a yacht. Frances has always been motivated to help others, volunteering for the St John Ambulance from age nine and setting up an Aids helpline when she was a student in Belfast.