It's rather nice to see another country thinking a British player might be worth poaching, isn't it! I assume he'd hae had to elect to represent Ireland in tournaments too in that case.

Interesting that the Irish DC captain is the father of their top player - it must be a bit like Judy Murray being the DC captain for GB! Still, I guess their team virtually picks itself, so there's not that much scope for unwarranted nepotism.