Complex sentence: Malone's original proposal for a circular route around Wicklow was dropped in favour of the linear route that exists today because the Government wanted the Wicklow Way to form part of a network of walking routes around the country.
Split into simpler sentences: Malone's original proposal for a circular route around Wicklow was dropped in favour of the linear route that exists today. This was because the Government wanted the Wicklow Way to form part of a network of walking routes around the country.