Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch is reportedly doing well in his Dublin Central constituency, as the election remains too close to call between the three main parties.

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%.

Oscar nominated director Jim Sheridan has been photographed in the RDS count centre in Dublin as Gerry Hutch remained in contention to win a seat in Dublin

GERRY ‘THE MONK’ Hutch appears to be in contention for a Dáil seat in Dublin Central.In the first count in the four-seat constituency, he secured 3,098 votes, while Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald topped the poll with 6,

There are four seats up for grabs in Dublin Central in what looks to be an intriguing race. Mary Lou McDonald and Paschal Donohoe are set to be re-elected but the other two seats are up for grabs, with Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch looking like he could take one, based off tallies.

Film maker Jim Sheridan has said “anger” is behind the “surprising” result for convicted criminal Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch who is still in the running for a seat in Dublin Central.

One of the big stories from the General Election 2024 count is that Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch could take a seat in Dublin Central

With counting well under way in Dublin Central, early tallies show Gerard "The Monk" Hutch with a good proportion of first preference votes. At 10:45am, with 21,741 vote tallies unofficially, he had received 11.

With all boxes now tallied in the Dublin Central constituency, Independent candidate Gerard Hutch looks likely to be in contention for a seat with around 9% of first preference votes.