After much speculation, crime boss Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has confirmed he will run in the general election.
He intends to lodge his electoral papers this week when he returns to Dublin from Lanzarote.
Mr Hutch told the Sunday Independent: ““I am running as a candidate in Dublin Central. I will be the people’s choice. They will vote for me. They have asked me to run, so I am.”
Mr Hutch, 61, is currently out on €100,000 bail after being arrested in a money laundering investigation in Lanzarote.
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