Naas students plan to blag their way to Berlin for charity

Two Naas students will be attempting to blag their way to Berlin against 100 other teams to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society as part of Movember.

Emma Hanlon and her partner Devlin Nugent are undertaking the journey as part of DCU eSoc’s annual Beg Borrow Steal event.

Last year the college raised over €25,000 euro for charity and this year they’re hoping to equal or better that amount.

A total of 100 teams of college students will be racing from DCU to Berlin, crossing two vital checkpoints in Europe along the way.

But they will have no money whatsoever and will rely on the goodwill of strangers, airlines and train drivers  to get them there.

Emma and Devlin are both born and bred in Naas and she went to Saint Mary's College while he attended CBS Naas.

Emma said: "To find out more information, and to donate, here is the direct link to the event website.  http://begborrowsteal.ie/

"Our team number is 18; we are called ‘The Lidl Guys’ .

"We are more than willing to wear a company’s logo or mention them in our social media campaigns, should we receive a generous donation.  Our minimum target to raise in order to take part is €250."

Last year, there were 30 teams travelling to Edinburgh, and they managed to trend on Twitter, and received a lot of media attention.

Emma added: "We are hoping to raise as much funds for the Irish Cancer Society as possible.  To do that, we are approaching companies, organisations, friends, family members, for donations to the cause."