Veteran criminal came close to winning fourth and final seat after getting almost 10 per cent of first preferences

Gerry Hutch congratulated Labour Party candidate Marie Sherlock after he lost out in the battle for the final seat in Dublin Central and advised her not to

There are four seats up for grabs in Dublin Central in what looks to be an intriguing race. Mary Lou McDonald and Paschal Donohoe are set to be re-elected but the other two seats are up for grabs, with Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch looking like he could take one, based off tallies.

The veteran criminal had opened up a seemingly unassailable lead over rival Marie Sherlock in Dublin Central by Sunday afternoon but there was to be a final twist in one of the stories of the general

The alleged crime boss had been tipped to take one of four seats in Dublin Central, but lost to Labour’s Marie Sherlock

So convicted criminal, Gerry 'the Monk’ Hutch loses out on the last count. As the ballot boxes were emptied in RDS Simmonscourt yesterday the early tall

A notorious gangland figure caused pandemonium when he appeared at the Dublin count centre at the end of his unsuccessful bid to be elected to the Dail. Gerry Hutch is believed by police and Ireland’s Special Criminal Court to lead an international crime organisation, which is embroiled in a feud with the Kinahan gang that’s cost 18 lives so far.

People across Ireland went to the polls on Friday to vote in the 2024 General Election. A lot has changed since we last went to the polls nearly five years ago. We have survived a global pandemic, saw Donald Trump re-elected US President and watched as two wars broke out.

The protracted process of sorting and counting votes in the general election has begun, with 174 TDs set to be elected across 43 constituencies over the coming days. We will have updates across the weekend as they happen.

It’s now pretty much a two-way battle between Hutch and Labour’s Marie Sherlock for the fourth seat in the constituency.