GAA president Liam O'Neill has confirmed that Saturday's replayed All-Ireland SFC semi-final between Mayo and Kerry will go ahead at the Gaelic Grounds.

The choice of venue for the eagerly-awaited rematch has been met with disbelief in some quarters but O'Neill says the decision to bring the teams to Limerick will not be changed:

"The history of it is that people initially question, then they accept the decision and get on with it," he is quoted in The Irish Times. "I'm sure that Mayo are long enough in the game at this level to know that it's in their best interests to get on with it and play the game and qualify for the final and hopefully, for them, end their barren spell.

"This is the business of the CCC. Tony O'Keeffe is chairperson of that. They have their committee there. The four provincial secretaries are on it. We have a rep from each province, covering the provinces, and they fix that.

"In their wisdom, they said Limerick was the place for this."

O'Neill also scoffed at suggestions that the Kingdom will have an advantage as the game is being played at a Munster venue:

"I really don't know about that. There was a comment made about going 'deep into Munster territory'. We're not talking about the days of Brian Boru and Mayo went into someone's territory and you're in danger of being attacked. We're talking about a modern society here where we go on motorways and we travel the country."

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