450 getting behind the wheel on Route 2014 for Cannonball

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

450 getting behind the wheel on Route 2014 for Cannonball

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.

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