Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch arrived at the RDS count centre where he was running as a candidate in Dublin Central. Video: Enda O'Dowd

Failed election candidate Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch became a pivotal character in the story of organised crime in Ireland when he masterminded three of the biggest armed robberies in the history of the State.

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%.

GANGSTER Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch sprinted away from the media after narrowly ­losing his bid to become a TD this afternoon. And the veteran criminal joked that he would run for election again,

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

Gerry Hutch has admitted that there's 'small concern' surrounding his personal safety after narrowly losing out on a Dáil seat in the General Election.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has labelled Garry Gannon’s comments on Gerry Hutch’s stride in Dublin Central as “absolute nonsense” and said the candidate was likely to obtain a seat by the end of the day.

Dublin Central's criminal candidate eventually turned up at the count centre on Sunday with a documentary film crew in tow

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