Ayeisha McFerran: ‘Sometimes we’re just a bit too nice, we’ll work on that one’

McFerran is eager to stress the point that the Euros are by no means an afterthought

Now official energy drinks partner to the Irish Women’s Hockey Team, Red Bull has announced goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran as the latest Irish athlete to join the Red Bull family. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Living and working abroad can be an enriching experience. The immersion in new cultures and languages offers a different lens through which to view life and it can reveal something of ourselves too.

Ireland goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran spent four years on a hockey scholarship at the University of Louisville before signing for Dutch club SV Kampong where she was, in her own words, told she was “the little foreigner” who was expected to perform from day one.