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.

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.

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

Oscar nominated director Jim Sheridan has been photographed in the RDS count centre in Dublin as Gerry Hutch remained in contention to win a seat in Dublin

The gangland figure missed out on the last seat in the Dublin Central constituency to the Labour Party’s Marie Sherlock.

The independent candidate, 61, was seen running away through the Royal Dublin Society car park being followed by the media.

A scrum of security and media followed Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch out of the RDS count centre in Dublin after he missed out on a seat in the