Ahead of tonight's Leinster Council meeting at which the dates and venues for the province's 2015 senior football and hurling championship fixtures will be finalised, acting chief executive Michael Reynolds has indicated that no games will be fixed for Sunday, June 7 to avoid a clash with the Republic of Ireland v England soccer friendly at the Aviva Stadium.

"We would be aware of that game, yes," Reynolds said in the Irish Times.

"And the way this year has fallen, we would be looking at three Sundays, the May 31st, June 7th, and June 14th, to accommodate a lot of our games. But it would also depend on the way things fall, and whether or not we opt for double-headers in Croke Park, or somewhere else.

"We're also aware that the Republic of Ireland are playing Scotland the following Saturday, too, at the Aviva.

"What happens is the counties come with us, with suggestions, or preferences, and we would try to consider them all. So everything would be open for discussion, really."

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