Sitting in football’s equivalent of the waiting room is nothing new to Eiran Cashin.
Ireland’s latest Under-21 star had to be patient before finally making his debut in Monday’s 3-1 win over Montenegro - a result that edged the Boys in Green ever closer to a spot at next year’s European Championships.
Born in Mansfield and with a Leitrim grandmother, his application for an Irish passport wasn’t as straightforward as it should have been.