You parachute "high-profile" candidates into a constituency and this is what happens. They ain't gonna stick around when things get tough.
Huh? Are you referring to Tom Parlon or something completely unrelated to the thread?
Yes, having been the president of the IFA before that (so having quite a big agricultural profile - a bit like the back end of a slurry tanker on the road ahead?).Wasn't he recruited by the PDs as a big name to run in the Laois/Offaly constituency in 2002?