Mr Hutch<\/a> has taken part in a promotional social media post for the play – simply called The Monk – which is a one man show by actor and writer Rex Ryan, whom he calls a \u201clittle cheeky f***er\u201d.<\/p>\nMr Hutch, who almost won a seat in last year’s general election in the Dublin Central constituency and has been in the Garda’s sights for decades, has known Mr Ryan since the writer was a child.<\/p>\n
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The show, which examined Mr Hutch\u2019s life of crime, begins a six day run at Dublin\u2019s Ambassador Theatre on February 16. Mr Ryan is also director of the one-man show.<\/p>\n
That follows a sell out week long stint at the Glass Mask Theatre also in Dublin last year for the play – a fictionalised account of the life of Mr Hutch, 62.<\/p>\n
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In a video released on TikTok, Mr Ryan and Mr Hutch – charged with the murder of Kinahan ally David Byrne during the attack on the Regency Airport Hotel in north Dublin on February 5 2016 but later acquitted by the Special Criminal Court in 2023 – are seen together.<\/p>\n
Mr Hutch is then asked why he allowed Mr Ryan, who is from Clontarf in north Dublin where The Monk has lived for decades, to stage a play about his life.<\/p>\n
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Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch walks free through the doors of the CCJ after being acquitted of the murder of David Byrne at the Special Criminal Court in April 2023.(Image: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin)<\/p>\n
He replies: \u201cBecause he asked me and I know him going back over the years, since he was a kid – a little cheeky f***er.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got on with him, he is a nice kid.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot as good looking as me, but he is nearly there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Monk is on at the Ambassador Theatre from February 16 – 21.<\/p>\n
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