An Unlikely Statesman: How Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch Nearly Got Elected
About this episode
The episode explores Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's surprising political ambitions and near success in elections.
It remains one of politics' biggest shocks - a veteran criminal runs for the Dáil and misses a seat by a hair's breadth. Then, before the dust settles, Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch goes for an election again - this time shocking the political establishment by increasing his number of votes. Now in a four-part Crime World special, we dive deep into the reasons for Hutch’s political ambition and why the public are happy to back him. An Unlikely Statesman: How Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch Nearly Got Elected is available now for subscribers first on crimeworld.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Topics covered
- politics
- crime
- elections
- public support
- Gerry Hutch
Keywords
- Gerry Hutch
- Dáil
- political ambition
- crime
- election results
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: crimeworld.com, Acast
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