With no minister all along the western seaboard, this piece with renowned economist Dr John Bradley a few weeks ago is a timely explainer of why there& #39;s a need for change and one has to wonder how it will happen with such poor cabinet representation.

https://www.mayonews.ie/news/35408-how-covid-19-crisis-could-transform-mayo-economy">https://www.mayonews.ie/news/3540...

The apathy towards the west was shown in Technicolor with the scandal that was the removal of the Western Arc from the EU& #39;s TEN-T Core funding network in 2011.

https://www.mayonews.ie/news/31930-apathy-towards-the-west">https://www.mayonews.ie/news/3193...

Here& #39;s more insight on that decision and its consequences by @Flyck66

https://www.mayonews.ie/news/32075-ten-t-how-the-west-was-done">https://www.mayonews.ie/news/3207...

Dr John Bradley covers a lot of ground in flawed approaches to regional development in his comprehensive study of the Mayo economy in 2019.

Executive summary worth a read:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.sligochamber.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Economy-of-the-AEC-Mayo-Study-Final_compressed.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi6q_b5gaPqAhUSURUIHfFhBzUQFjAFegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw1UdfT0p-EZy-V3pEIu7hhB">https://www.google.com/url...

Successive governments have allowed Dublin to grow out of control and left counties like Mayo as a place where too many parents know they will be forced to see their children emigrate.

Nothing we& #39;ve seen in the PFG or today& #39;s cabinet announcement suggests that will change.

In fact it might get much worse. The abandonment of the west has been an issue for centuries. Still we& #39;ve more of the same.

This is not about politics; it& #39;s about fairness.

Hard not to agree with the following graphic doing the rounds.