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

The veteran criminal had opened up a seemingly unassailable lead over rival Marie Sherlock in Dublin Central by Sunday ...

An alleged Dublin gangland figure known as "The Monk" came close to being elected to the Irish parliament Sunday, just weeks after he was arrested in Spain for alleged money laundering.

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

Current Taoiseach, Mr Harris, dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. He was also elected as a ...

Ireland's election results have yet to be finalized, but exit polling suggests a coalition government between the center-right Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Ireland’s two long-dominant center-right parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in from a fractured ...

An exit poll in Ireland's parliamentary election suggested the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the ...

In the final part of our interview with election candidate and veteran criminal Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, we discuss his political ambitions, how he hopes to follow in the footsteps of legendary TD ...

Gerard Hutch, named in a court case last year as head of a well-known crime family in Ireland, is seeking election to ...

Last week, Gerry Hutch lodged his papers to stand as a candidate for Dublin Central in the Republic’s upcoming general election. A notorious figure, ‘The Monk’ is reported to have been the ...

Officials confirmed last week that Hutch, better known as "The Monk", was on the ballot for ... questioned Hutch's commitment to the inner city. "If Gerry Hutch wants to be a political leader ...