Gerry “The Monk” Hutch has ruled out a run for the Áras as he admitted that he enjoyed running in the general election campaign. “I love running. I’ve been running all my life,” he told reporters who gathered around him in a large scrum.

The veteran gangster was recently allowed to travel back to Ireland from Spain while on bail for money laundering charges

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 Hutch has admitted that there's 'small concern' surrounding his personal safety after narrowly losing out on a Dáil seat in the General Election.

The alleged crime boss had been tipped to take one of four seats in Dublin Central, but lost to 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%.

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 count.

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

While the early tallies look good for Hutch the tallies are all from boxes in the north inner city which would be considered his strongest area. Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch is performing well so far according to early tallies in Dublin Central.

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.