SANDRA McLELLAN (56)

AREA: Cork East. REASON:

Ms McLellan was elected as a TD in 2011 and tipped to hold her seat in the 2016 election. But she opted not to run in the election, telling the Cork Echo: ‘I wanted to run again but felt I could not put my family through any more. I am now unemployed. So why would anyone who loves their job so much give it up voluntarily? Efforts to defame and undermine me were particularly vicious and I had a decision to make regarding my family.’ NOW: No longer in public life.