Injury to teammate prompted Aoife Mannion's Ireland ambitions

CALL-UP: Aoife Mannion poses for a portrait during a Republic of Ireland women training camp in Marbella, Spain. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Aoife Mannion says she was compelled to realise her ambition of representing Ireland when her Manchester United teammate Millie Turner suffered a health scare.

Birmingham-born Mannion (27) is set to make her Ireland debut against China next Wednesday in Marbella after deciding to switch from her native England.