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DON’T BE ALARMED if you see students running around the country tomorrow or frantically trying to get free flights at airports.
They have a good reason and you’ve been warned.
Four colleges in Ireland are taking part in a jailbreak challenge to raise money for St Vincent de Paul and Amnesty International.
Over 300 students will be trying their best to get as far away as possible without spending their money or money from people they know.
The colleges involved in the jailbreak challenge are:
At 9am tomorrow morning students will set off in teams of two. They’ll start from:
Last year, the event was organised by Trinity students and it saw the winners of the challenge Claire Cullen and Matthew Hainbach making their way to Mirimar, south of Buenos Aires, Argentina. (11,295km from Dublin)
Some of the other teams made it as far as Sydney, Malaysia and Dubai.
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I walked 7 miles in a storm once as I had no money for a taxi. What did I get ? Sore feet, that’s what!
Students with no money..well I never
No such thing as a ” trinners for winners “student with no money
Why? The fees in trinity are the same as any other university aren’t they? There’s no reason to suggest that people who go to trinity will have more money.
I worked my way all through my degrees there as well as paying a mortgage and all my own fees so you’re talking sh!t.
You could have fooled me-I was broke for four years. Working full time to pay rent and fees as well as doing a full time degree in “trinners for winners” .
I applaud you working your arse off while earning a degree a trinners, but let’s be realistic here…
Spend an hour at the front gate of Trinity and an hour at the gate of Blanchardstown IT and then come back and tell us Trinity isn’t a more priveleged institution (despite the small minority of self-funded scholars).
Just because it isn’t true for you doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
How will they come back?
Fact- Chris de burgh funded the winners tickets home from Argentina last year
20 years ago we were doing this as part of Rag Week. One year the winner was in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. He made his way to Aldergrove in the North and from there hopped on 3 RAF flights in 24 hours to The Falklands. I think his uncle was in the RAF. It took him 5 days to get home! To be a student again….
36 hours..no money..first place Id run is to my Mammys..and stay there
If I was junkie I’d use my free travel pass to travel to Joyce country
How on earth to you get to Buenos Aries with no money, I wouldn’t get to Bundoran never mind anywhere abroad? Is it a case of just letting the airline/bus/trains know that you’re doing this for charity and hoping for seats??
It “seen” the winners?
There’s a ‘Send a Correction’ button for that sort of thing.
I was just about to mention that. It’s bad enough constantly having to correct commenters. #grammarnaziproblems
I don’t see the harm in correcting them, it’s their bread and butter after all. If you seen an electrician wiring a socket backwards you’d correct him.
*saw
Yes but I wouldn’t go “Hey everyone! Look at the mistake this electrician just made!” I’d also probably recommend a different profession if he was wiring a socket backwards
I’m working on a programme called “Auto Auto correct” it corrects mistakes made by Auto correct
Just to be clear, if you’ve seen an electrician wiring a socket backwards, you should contact RECI or ECSSA to let them know there’s a cowboy on the loose.
Surely there must be points for going somewhere unusual. Australia is further than North Korea, but getting to (and into) nk would be far more impressive.
Not a student but often go 36 hours with no money! Work your butt off and still have shag all to show for it ! Cheers to our government for that
Make it a real challenge and see how far they can get emitting zero carbon from fossil fuels!!! Now there’s a real challenge!!!
I think one of the teams that want to do it are attempting a carbon neutral jailbreak!
Loads of people like that in ireland already.
Oh for Gods sake ! People love a good moan! This is a good news positive post!! Raising money for good causes !! Very little to do with the government or drunk students !
Brilliant idea, so successful last year, hope that it’s just as successful this year!
Sounds like great fun. Shame they didn’t choose better charities.
What’s wrong with the charities?
walked from Carlow to Buclody
Yes but I wouldn’t go “Hey everyone! Look at the mistake this electrician just made!” I’d also probably recommend a different profession if he was wiring a socket backwards
Heard you the first time. ;)
That was the first time haha
Students getting somewhere for free? Makes a change them getting things for almost free. I’d like to see them not falling around drunk around where I live (in between CIT and UCC)… They are nothing but hassle!
Ah come on, students are grand.
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