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Published 22:50 22 Jun 2016 BST
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And the GAA have acquiesced to that fact by deferring the pair of Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-finals in Croke Park on Sunday.
Ireland take on Didier Deschamps' side in Lyon at 2pm on Sunday and, to accommodate that huge occasion in Irish sport, Dublin's clash with Meath and Kildare's tie against Westmeath have been pushed back to later in the afternoon.
Westmeath v Kildare will now take place at the later time of 4.15pm and throw-in for Dublin v Meath will now be at 6.35pm.
Fair play, lads.
https://twitter.com/DubGAAOfficial/status/745724935289585664
https://twitter.com/gaaleinster/status/745728830258688000
https://twitter.com/westmeath_gaa/status/745728675002351616
https://twitter.com/KildareGAA/status/745729762207870977

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