It is unlikely that Dublin will be asked to play any of their 2015 Leinster SFC matches outside Croke Park.

The Dubs will open the defence of their provincial title against either Longford or Offaly next summer and Leinster Council chairman John Horan expects that quarter-final clash to take place at HQ:

"Nothing is set or decided yet," he told The Irish Daily Star. "It's the perennial question: are Dublin going out of Croke Park?

"If Offaly beat Longford, going forward is Tullamore big enough? There was 41,000 at the Dubs' first match last year; you could only get half that in Tullamore.

"You have season ticket holders too. There's great concession rates for kids - €5 at Croke Park, which the Leinster Council are subsidising, as it costs us €6.25 per seat in Croke Park.

"You have six- and seven-year-olds standing on the terraces in Tullamore and less scope for concessions.

"I'd love as a Dublin Leinster chairman to say 'I took Dublin out of Croke Park', but you have to be realistic about it."

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