{"id":246933,"date":"2026-01-15T23:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246933\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:55:07","slug":"ireland-u17-star-solanke-joins-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246933\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland U17 star Solanke joins Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republic of Ireland Under-17 World Cup star Ade Solanke has joined Bournemouth on a long-term deal.<\/p>\n<p>Solanke, who came through the Shamrock Rovers academy, joined Bournemouth&#8217;s sister club FC Lorient in Ligue 1 at the beginning of 2025, featuring regularly for their Under-19 and reserve sides.<\/p>\n<p>The left-back formally completed the move to the Premier League side following his 18th birthday last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am over the moon. I feel it&#8217;s been a long time coming but I\u2019m delighted to be here, and I can\u2019t wait to get started,&#8221; Solanke told the club website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With AFC Bournemouth being a Premier League club, a move like this is something I\u2019ve dreamt of. I am grateful and I thank God, I am really happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Solanke started four of five games for Colin O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s Under-17 side as they reached the last-16 in the World Cup in Qatar in November.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"13 October 2021; Cathal Heffernan of Republic of Ireland reacts after his side concede their first goal during the UEFA U17 Championship Qualifying Round Group 5 match between Republic of Ireland and Poland at Turner's Cross in Cork. Photo by E\u00f3in Noonan\/Sportsfile \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023bf22-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, former Ireland youth defender Cathal Heffernan (above) has joined League Two side Harrogate Town on a permanent move.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Cork City player has left the Newcastle academy after signing an 18-month contract with the Yorkshire club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m buzzing, It\u2019s a massive move for me and my family and will be my first taste of men\u2019s football, so I\u2019m just really excited to get going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland Under-17 World Cup star Ade Solanke has joined Bournemouth on a long-term deal. Solanke, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-246933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}