Steven Beattie stresses need to future-proof Cork City

Cork City v Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricity Premier Division: The accent is decidedly Dublin but the words are unmistakably Cork, more Shandon than his hometown Skerries.

Steven Beattie, Cork’s 28-year-old utility man - back in the first team, now capably stepping into the breach at right-back - has embraced the second city as his own.

The well-travelled former Bohemians, Slido, Tindastoll and US collegiate player speaks enthusiastically of those coming through the youth system at City, and of keeping a strong homegrown element at Turner’s Cross.