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we have our fixtures made at present but we would be open to it if we thought it was going to help our supporters and fans, to accommodate them if it was going to have a significant impact on us.

“It’s not something we normally do even though there might be a precedent there. It’s something we haven’t thought about, we may think about it but we’ll see what happens.”

Other provincial bodies will have a decision to make also as Down and Antrim are due to meet on the same evening in the Ulster football quarter-final in Newry while, if Tipperary beat Waterford, they will play Cork in the Munster football semi-final in Thurles, with both games currently fixed for a 7pm start.

There is also a Connacht semi-final between Roscommon and the winners of New York-leitrim on the same day though no clash will arise there as the game throws-in at 5.30pm.

Bolger (right) added: “We have a Council meeting later on in the month but we’ll see what comes in from the counties concerned.”

Fixture-makers in the

GAA have been panned in the past for not being more flexible in avoiding clashes with major international sporting events though there has been a softening of attitudes in that respect in more recent times.

During Euro 2016, throw-in times were moved to avoid a clash with the Republic of Ireland’s last 16 tie with France.

THE Leinster Council will look into shifting throw-in times to avoid a clash with the Liverpoolreal Madrid Champions League final.

The European club soccer showpiece takes place in Kiev on May 26 with a 7.45pm kick-off

Irish time and there are senior Championship games scheduled in all four provinces on the same day.

Back in 2011, the Leinster Council moved the Offaly-wexford football tie forward by two hours so as not to go head to head with the Manchester United-barcelona Champions League final, though the Ulster Council was criticised at the time for not following suit with the Armagh-down meeting.

Given that Liverpool enjoy a strong fan base in Ireland, a clash would affect attendances to some degree and Leinster Council chairman Jim Bolger has said that they will examine the possibility of changing throw-in times.

There is a double header fixed for Tullamore’s Bord Na Mona O’connor Park on May 26 – the Leinster football quarter-final between Westmeath and the winners of Wexford-laois (5pm), followed by the Offaly-wexford hurling tie (7pm).

Bolger said: “I suppose