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,

Gerry “The Monk” Hutch said he would “consider” running again for the Dáil after he was beaten to the final seat in Dublin Central by Labour's Marie Sherlock

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%.

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

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

It’s day two of counting election results.

Dublin central candidate Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch conceded to Labour's Marie Sherlock who took the final seat in the constituency. Video: Enda O'Dowd