Hutch pledges to run again after defeat published

Gerry Hutch may feel robbed after being hotly tipped to secure a seat in Dublin Central but he didn’t appear sore about his defeat when he arrived at the count centre.

Besieged by journalists, the gangland figure made his way through the hall to congratulate Labour’s Marie Sherlock who pipped him to the final seat.

He is known as a man of few words but when asked by BBC News NI if he planned to run again for election he said he would.

“I have been running all my life, so yes I would go again,” he said.

Hutch also said he wasn’t surprised by receiving more than 3,000 first preference votes.

“I expected more to be honest,” he added.

He was challenged about his criminal past but refused to answer any questions.

After shaking hands with Marie Sherlock he left the centre surrounded by journalists and ended up running away from the building to escape the media attention.

So where did it go wrong for the man poised to be the story of the Irish general election?

The key moment came when Social Democratic candidate Gary Gannon got elected much earlier than expected.

That set in motion a series of transfers from eliminated candidates, which allowed Sherlock to close the gap and eventually win.

But, as one tally expert suggested, it could easily have turned in favour of Hutch and while there was a narrow path to victory for Sherlock, no one expected her to find it.

-BBC

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