Gangland figure Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch was a surprise late addition to the Dublin Central constituency but is now on course to land the final fourth seat there after securing over 11.9% of first prefe

Newstalk’s political correspondent Sean Defoe is expecting Gerry Hutch to take the fourth seat adding, “The Monk will be a TD before all this is over”. Further down the tally, Labour’s Marie Sherlock is at 7.4%, Fianna Fáil’s Mary Fitzpatrick at 7.1% and Independent Malachy Steenson is at 4.8%.

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

While the early tallies look good for Hutch the tallies are all from boxes in the north inner city which would be considered his strongest area. Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch is performing well so far according to early tallies in Dublin Central.

Veteran crime boss Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has called for more gardai to police the streets and make them “clean” again. Hutch (61), who is running for election as an independent candidate in Dublin Central, made the announcement in a lengthy and high quality campaign video released on social media.

One of the big stories from the General Election 2024 count is that Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch could take a seat in Dublin Central

Local TD Gary Gannon said the gangland figure’s popularity is down to media attention and long-held hurt in the community.