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The Candidate
The Explainer
1 Dec 2024
Hutch's failed election bid raises so many questions about Irish politics
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The media scrums in the RDS were growing bigger and bigger as the count went on... and then Gerald Hutch arrived.


The gangland figure's failed election bid drew huge attention from national and international press, but has he achieved his ultimate aim? Could his unexpectedly strong performance shine a light on Dublin's north inner city and the reasons why people voted for him?


With Christine Bohan and Sinéad O'Carroll in studio, and Christina Finn and Jane Matthews in the RDS, we look at the big headline talking points that are now coming out of the election results.