Gerard Hutch was born in 1963, the youngest of a family of eight in Dublin’s north inner city. The Hutches eventually settled in the Summerhill area.

His father, known as ‘Masher’ Hutch was a stevedore on the Dublin docks and his mother Julia raised the children.

He came from what he has described as an impoverished background and started his criminal career early as a member of an infamous teenage street gang known as the Bugsy Malones

Gerry Hutch profile: From the ‘college for criminals’ to the Dáil?

Hutch is running as an independent candidate and has some high-profile competition in Dublin Central.

4.32pm, 15 Nov 2024

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GERRY ‘THE MONK’ Hutch returned to Ireland this week to register as a candidate in the Dublin Central constituency for the upcoming general election, bringing even more attention to an already highly contested race for a Dáil seat. 

A notorious gangland figure believed by gardaí to be the leader of the Hutch organised crime group, Hutch was arrested and charged in Lazarote by Spanish police investigating alleged organised crime activity last month. 

He was released on €100,000 bail last week and registered his candidacy yesterday, giving his profession as “consultant”.

Despite being one of the most high-profile figures in Irish organised crime for decades, he has never been convicted of serious offences. He did, however, pay more than two million pounds to the Criminal Assets Bureau and his name is synonymous with one of the deadliest gangland feuds in Irish history.

Hutch is running as an independent candidate and with four seats up for grabs, he has some high-profile competition, including Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Fine Gael TD Paschal Donohoe.