Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the hubs around Ballina, Castlebar and Westport, would there be any reason to believe that going further north into Sligo would not add critical mass to rail freight in the region? If this was available, rail freight could be transported down the western corridor to Foynes Port. Is the thinking that Sligo would not add to the critical mass and it would not get the same demand as Mayo because of its distance from ports?