Ivan Yates has said he is “delighted” by the defeat of the Monk at the hands of the Labour Party yesterday. Gerry Hutch, who is currently on bail amid an international investigation into money laundering, won 9% of the first preference vote in the Dublin Central constituency on Friday.

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch is reportedly doing well in his Dublin Central constituency, as the election remains too close to call between the three main parties.

Gerry Hutch missed out on a place in the Dail after a dramatic race in Dublin Central in the 2024 General Election.

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%.

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

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

GERRY Hutch has arrived at the RDS in Dublin Central as the second day of counting continues and the 34th Dail slowly fills up. Yesterday, the leaders of Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael were

Leinster House in Dublin is the seat of the Oireachtas - the Irish parliament The Irish government is made up of two Houses of the Oireachtas: the Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. Today's count is for the Dáil Éireann,