"It seemed a flawless plan. Cast aside the local flagbearers and parachute in a high-profile campaigner with the backing of the party leadership to run in Dublin Central."
"Go back a generation and you'll find the Sinn Féin hierarchy performed a star candidate trick in the capital's heartland constituency."
Sinn Féin employed a candidate selection strategy in Dublin Central that involved sidelining local flagbearers in favor of a prominent campaigner backed by party leadership. This approach mirrors a similar tactic the party executed a generation earlier in the same constituency. The strategy represents a deliberate decision by the party hierarchy to prioritize external, high-profile candidates over established local figures when contesting elections in Dublin Central.
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