Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has declared that the establishment doesn’t want him to become a TD because he will “upset the apple cart”.
In a new video posted to social media, the Dublin Central General Election candidate is appealing for votes as the country hits the polls on Friday. He said: “I am running for election and it’s getting closer. The establishment are out with their knives and sharpening them, they are getting them ready.
“They have spoken bad about me already and they are going to continue, they don’t want Hutch to be a TD as it might upset the apple cart. But here I am and I am coming. The communities I am going to represent can see it. We have been around this block a long time.”
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The veteran criminal has been seen canvassing around Dublin. In recent days, he was filmed speaking to voters in the city centre. In a clip posted to his own social media account, a woman told him to “keep an eye on the gangsters in Dáil Éireann.”
She continued: “They call you a gangster, they all say it. They should be all locked up, those gangsters.” The Monk will be fighting for one of four seats in Dublin Central against 13 candidates.
This includes Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe, Social Democrats Gary Gannon and Independents 4 Change Clare Daly. Ms McDonald said if elected, she would not work with The Monk and that “gangland conflict” cannot be “glamourised”.
The veteran criminal has been busy canvassing this week and was even spotted with Oscar-nominated film director Jim Sheridan. Mr Sheridan is documenting Hutch’s attempts to enter politics and said he hopes the project will attract international offers.
He previously told The Irish Mirror: “In my interaction with him, I don’t see him as that kind of intimidating figure.” When the filmmaker approached The Monk with the idea, he was enthusiastic about it, allegedly saying: “Jim, I’ll do whatever you want”.
Mr Sheridan continued: “I just followed him around in his constituency. I was interested in what people had to say, to be honest. That’s all. I just wanted to see what it was like if I followed him door to door.
“[He is] probably one of the most interesting figures who has been acquitted of murder. We wanted to explore the motivation of a person like The Monk putting himself forward for election, coming as he did from a very distressed upbringing.”
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