Leaders spark anger as they look west for junior minister carve-up

have sought to rectify the regional imbalance of their ministerial appointments with a series of new junior ministers drawn from the western seaboard.were criticised in recent days after the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Green Party coalition Cabinet contained no senior ministers from the west.appointed a total of 20 ministers: eight each for the larger parties and four for the Greens.

Each party had already announced one “super junior” – junior ministers who sit at the Cabinet table but have no vote – over the weekend.

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