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Will a tax bill scupper Gerry Hutch's run for the Dáil?

Will a tax bill scupper Gerry Hutch's run for the Dáil?

Update: 2025-12-01
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Gerry Hutch, also known as The Monk, is eyeing up the Dáil seat left vacant by the resignation of Paschal Donohoe.


Already it is believed that the convicted criminal, encouraged by his near success in last year’s general election, is using what will be a long build-up to next year’s byelection to get his campaign in order and to register hundreds, even thousands, of new voters in Dublin’s north inner city.


So will his €800,000 tax bill from the Criminal Assets Bureau put a stop to his political ambitions and could the man named as the head of the Hutch organised crime group become a TD?


I talk to Irish Times crime and security editor Conor Lally who has long covered Hutch’s career in crime.


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Will a tax bill scupper Gerry Hutch's run for the Dáil?

Will a tax bill scupper Gerry Hutch's run for the Dáil?