The alleged crime boss had been tipped to take one of four seats in Dublin Central, but lost to Labour’s Marie Sherlock

Gerard The Monk Hutch arrived to the RDS count centre to a media circus on Sunday afternoon as he was knocked out of the Dublin Central race during the final election count.

Dublin Central's criminal candidate eventually turned up at the count centre on Sunday with a documentary film crew in tow

Dublin central candidate Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch conceded to Labour's Marie Sherlock who took the final seat in the constituency. Video: Enda O'Dowd

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%.

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Veteran criminal came close to winning fourth and final seat after getitng almost 10 per cent of first preferences

It’s now pretty much a two-way battle between Hutch and Labour’s Marie Sherlock for the fourth seat in the constituency.