It's the question on everyone's lips, 'Where will the Kildare v Mayo fixture take place this weekend?'

Kildare senior football manager Cian O'Neill has already confirmed that his players will not travel to Croke Park this Sunday for their Round 3 Qualifier clash with Mayo, even though tickets for the match have already gone on sale.

O'Neill spoke of his shock when learning of the fixture's venue, adding that the match would be held "in Newbridge or nowhere".

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Kildare were due to have home advantage in the clash, but instead the match has been fixed for 7pm on Saturday evening in Croke Park, as part of a double-header after the Tyrone-Cavan clash, apparently due to capacity concerns in Newbridge.

Speaking exclusively to Dermot & Dave former GAA President and Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly said, ‘I can understand Kildare’s frustrations but I think this mess has to be sorted out very quickly. There’s only one way to sort out a mess and that’s to get in to a room tonight and discuss it and come to some sort of conclusion.’

Addressing the capacity issue Mr Kelly added, ‘I don’t think it’s about health and safety, it’s capacity more than anything else. Ultimately the game should be played, it has the makings of a great game, I think Kildare have right good a chance of beating Mayo.

'While I understand their frustrations, it is imperative now today, at least or at the very latest tomorrow, everyone sits down around the table and work something out that ensures the game goes ahead.’

The former GAA President also added that the GAA need to take a step back after the dust settles on this issue and look at the bigger picture, ‘Short term, you compensate them by giving them the larger slice of the gate. But you do have to look at the big picture, and I think the big picture here is that for a county the size of Kildare, it’s location on the motorways, its great support and everything sporting about it, it needs a stadium of 20,000 all seater.

'Actually, Ireland needs a stadium in that kind of location for many games, not just GAA but also for World Cup bids and so forth. I think that’s something you’d look at into the long term and that kind of discussion would be important’.

‘Everyone will lose if the game doesn’t go ahead’