It's Hutch ado about running...

GOSSIP Gerry ‘The Monk’

- BY PAUL HEALY

SPECULATION is rife in Dublin's north inner city that veteran crime boss Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch will run in the upcoming by-election.

Hutch, 62, did not respond through his solicitor yesterday as to whether he's considering running in the Dublin Central by-election that has now come about as a result of the shock departure of Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.

North inner city councillor Nial Ring, who is a friend of the Hutch family, said a lot of locals had been saying to him that Hutch should run again.