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There are quite a few (exclusively) men calling for @saoirse_mchugh to never run for election again because the 'public has rejected her'
I think they may have a point, here are a few other people who were 'rejected by the public' and never heard from again
I think they may have a point, here are a few other people who were 'rejected by the public' and never heard from again
Michael D. Higgins - Rejected by the public in 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984
Charlie Haughey - 1951, 1954, 1956
Leo Varadkar - 1999
Mary Lou McDonald - 2002, 2007, 2009
Bríd Smith - 1997, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2014
Ivana Bacik - 2004, 2009, 2011
Charlie Haughey - 1951, 1954, 1956
Leo Varadkar - 1999
Mary Lou McDonald - 2002, 2007, 2009
Bríd Smith - 1997, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2014
Ivana Bacik - 2004, 2009, 2011
Catherine Murphy - 1989 (Dáil and Euro), 1992, 1997, 2007
Richard Boyd Barrett 2002, 2004, 2007
Roderic O'Gorman - 2004, 2007, 2009, 2022, x2, 2014, 2016
Brendan Howlin - 1982
Eamon Ryan - 2011, 2014
Paschal Donohoe - 2007, 2009
Micheál Martin - 1987
Gary Gannon 2016, 2019
Richard Boyd Barrett 2002, 2004, 2007
Roderic O'Gorman - 2004, 2007, 2009, 2022, x2, 2014, 2016
Brendan Howlin - 1982
Eamon Ryan - 2011, 2014
Paschal Donohoe - 2007, 2009
Micheál Martin - 1987
Gary Gannon 2016, 2019
Eamon Gilmore - 1982, 1987
Grace O'Sullivan - 2014, 2016
Eoin Ó Broin - 2007, 2009, 2011
Joan Burton - 1989, 1997
Mary Harney - 1977, 1989
Éamon Ó Cuív - 1987, 1989
Ciarán Cuffe - 1997, 2011
Clare Daly - 1997, 1998, 2002, 2007
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - 1997, 1999, 2002
Grace O'Sullivan - 2014, 2016
Eoin Ó Broin - 2007, 2009, 2011
Joan Burton - 1989, 1997
Mary Harney - 1977, 1989
Éamon Ó Cuív - 1987, 1989
Ciarán Cuffe - 1997, 2011
Clare Daly - 1997, 1998, 2002, 2007
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - 1997, 1999, 2002
Can you think of a single thing of note anyone on this list did after they didn't win an election?
