Dublin Central's criminal candidate eventually turned up at the count centre on Sunday with a documentary film crew in tow

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. Mr Hutch arrived to the count just after 3pm and stayed for 30 minutes but did not want to speak to the media.

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

It’s now pretty much a two-way battle between Hutch and Labour’s Marie Sherlock for the fourth seat in the constituency.