450 getting behind the wheel on Route 2014 for Cannonball

Irish drivers are well used to being stuck in the middle of traffic jams.

But when the snail-paced commute involves watching the world’s most expensive cars zoom by as they are driven by Wonder Woman, a cluster of models, and an ex-Boyzone member holding a pitch-fork and insisting on speaking as “buck-toothed Billy Joe”, it’s safe to assume there may be an unexpected reason for the delay.

The annual Cannonball fundraising drive kicked off in a madcap mix of revving vehicles and adrenaline-fuelled participants at Dublin’s Three Arena yesterday as some of Ireland’s best known names got behind the wheels of €25m worth of super-cars in the name of charity.