Rio Ferdinand and his wife Kate were in Sligo this week to help launch a cross-border collaboration which aims to bring together young people from communities that have long been divided by sectarianism
He turned down the chance to pull on a green jersey as a teenager, but Rio Ferdinand didn’t hesitate when the call came later in life from this side of the Irish Sea.
“My mum was very much about working in the community and helping other people, and being part of that conversation to make sure people feel valued and a part of things.Jancie sadly passed away in 2017 after a battle with cancer. Just two years earlier the awful disease took his first wife, Rebecca Ellison.
“But also the work that potentially could be done here was so compelling, I just thought, why not come here and help?“The cross-border politics here, it’s very different to what I’ve ever known. So I’ve been educating myself on that. Bringing communities together is just one result of this Beyond the Ball project, as Paddy Harte, chair of the IFI explains.
“I got asked to play for Ireland, actually, when I was about 18, but I’d never come over here when I was younger,” he says. As the rain clears, Ferdinand takes his place in the Showgrounds dugout, opposite Westlife star and Sligo Rovers fan Shane Filan for a ‘Beyond the Ball’ match.
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