No concern about regional balance in new cabinet, minister says

Newly-appointed Minister for Rural Affairs, Heather Humphreys, says she's satisfied that the border region and the west are represented in the new government, despite the fact that most of the new cabinet members come from Leinster.  Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland

Ireland's newly-appointed Rural Affairs Minister, Heather Humphreys, has said that she doesn't think there's any concern about a lack of regional balance in the new cabinet.

Taoiseach Michael Martin hasn't appointed anyone from Connacht, the Southeast, or the Northwest to any the top jobs in his new cabinet.