"Criminal is getting the 'Robin Hood' treatment ahead of a potential by-election run"
"When Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch walked out of the RDS after coming tantalisingly close to winning a Dáil seat in the Dublin Central constituency after the 2024 general election, most observers thought that was the last they would see of him, in public at least."
"But that is not how it turned out. Suddenly the "ordinary decent criminal" is at the centre of what looks very like a "soft" publicity campaign ahead of the by-election to fill the vacancy left by Paschal Donohoe, which is expected to be held in May."
Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch narrowly missed winning a Dáil seat in Dublin Central at the 2024 general election and left the RDS afterwards. Many observers assumed he would retreat from public life. Hutch has re-emerged, receiving sympathetic public attention and being labelled an "ordinary decent criminal." The sympathetic portrayal resembles a soft publicity campaign timed before the by-election to fill Paschal Donohoe's vacant seat. The by-election is expected to be held in May. The depiction as a 'Robin Hood' figure appears aimed at shaping voter perception ahead of the contest.
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