Out of Service: Enniscorthy students’ phoneless 48 hours

In an ambitious experiment, an Enniscorthy class will spend this weekend without heat and water, says Rita de Brun, but worse — they’ll also do without technology

HOW would you feel if you couldn’t use your phone for a day? Frustrated? Try two days. What if it was within your grasp where you could not only see it, but hear every call, notification and alert coming in? What if along with your phone, all of your devices and gadgets were off limits, rendering you technologically ‘out of service? ‘

Chances are that’s something you’re unlikely to try. But twenty-two Media Production students from Enniscorthy Vocational College are determined to do just that when they participate in a 48-hour, ‘Out of Service’ experiment this weekend.