WAKING NED DEVINE

Tully Moor is a small Irish village of 52 inhabitants. They are all honest country folk with nary a care in the world. It is pretty big news when Jackie (Ian Bannen) and his lifelong friend Michael (David Kelly) discover that one of their fellow villagers has won the State Lottery. Jackie, Michael and Jackie's wife Annie (Fionnula Flanagan) set about determining who the winner is, so that they can get in their good books. With only 52 possibilities, it shouldn't be too hard, now should it' It turns out that it is Ned Devine who has won the lottery. Ned lives on his own and has no family whatsoever. Unfortunately, Ned died from the excitement of winning the lottery, and Jackie discovers him stone cold dead in front of his television, still with his winning lottery ticket in his hand and still with a huge grin on his face. Who'd let such a prize go to waste' The only problem is that Ned has written his name on the back of his winning ticket, and so a scheme needs to be concocted quick-smart so that his winnings do not revert to the state, which is what would occur if the State Lottery official finds out that Ned is dead.