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.

GANG boss Gerry Hutch has failed to land a Dail seat as a nail-biting election race. The Monk, 61, was a shock contender in Dublin Central constituency and landed 3,098 first preference

Gerard The Monk Hutch arrived to the RDS count centre to a media circus on Sunday afternoon as he was knocked out of the Dublin Central race during the final election count.

Veteran criminal came close to winning fourth and final seat after getting almost 10 per cent of first preferences

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.

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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%.

THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch – the alleged leader of a criminal gang – has been a source of intense interest not just here in Ireland but internationally. Hutch ultimately fell just short of being elected to a Dáil seat in the Dublin Central constituency this evening,

One name on the ballot probably made Dublin Central one of the most watched constituencies of Election ‘24. Gerard Hutch.