{"id":431770,"date":"2026-05-04T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431770\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:01:09","slug":"gerard-hutch-calls-for-internment-for-illegal-immigrants-during-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431770\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerard Hutch calls for ‘internment’ for ‘illegal immigrants’ during interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dublin Central by-election <\/a> candidate Gerard \u2018The Monk\u2019 Hutch has suggested that \u201cillegal\u201d immigrants should be \u201cinterned in the Curragh\u201d.<\/p>\n

As the veteran criminal laid out his political policies for the first time, Hutch said that he had no issue with \u201cgenuine\u201d immigrants \u201cbringing their toolbox to work\u201d, as he claimed \u201cforeign nationals\u201d are needed for jobs that Irish people have \u201cgone too posh for\u201d, such as working in McDonald’s.<\/p>\n

Mr Hutch is contesting the by-election in Dublin Central on May 22. The race is being held to fill the seat vacated by former Fine Gael TD and finance minister Paschal Donohoe, who left Irish politics in November to work at the World Bank.<\/p>\n

In a video shot in Corinthians Boxing Club in north inner-city Dublin, Mr Hutch answered several questions put to him by independent Dublin City councillor Gavin Pepper, who was previously described as a \u201cfar-right activist\u201d in the D\u00e1il.<\/p>\n

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Mr Pepper asked Hutch about several topics, including the cost of living, special education, and immigration.<\/p>\n

Hutch suggested that some immigrants coming to Ireland should be \u201cinterned\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe illegal ones that are brought into the country, that poke into the country, and there’s no direct flights from these countries, they are coming into England and France and are mooching their way into southern Ireland because it’s a freebie, and are getting paid, I think they should be all interned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should be put in the Curragh Camp, in camps, until they’re sorted. Fed, and not given any money, not given any houses. The other people that’s coming in from foreign countries, from India and all that type of stuff, genuine people coming in, bring your toolbox. Yous are more than welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the ones that are Somalians and them type of people, no way. Interned.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Hutch said that \u201cgenuine people\u201d seeking work are needed in Ireland, arguing that Irish people have \u201cgone too posh\u201d and do not want their children \u201cworking in McDonald’s\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need foreign nationals coming in for them jobs, whether we like it or not. We are gone too posh.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the illegal ones, don\u2019t give them a penny. Feed them, and put them on the boat, and send them back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said that further funding was needed for special needs assistants (SNA), saying the Government has managed the situation \u201cdisgracefully\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Hutch said that any child with special needs is allowed to train in Corinthians boxing club free of charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a kid comes in here with special needs, he gets looked after,\u201d he said. “He’s probably never gonna box. He plays around. He thinks he\u2019s a boxer. We let him have the banter, and we just watch them that they don’t get injured. They\u2019re alright.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you have to get away from the parents. Fucking driving the parents mad. You know what they\u2019re like, these kids. It is not their fault. They\u2019re kids.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hutch also told Mr Pepper that he will not do media interviews as editors \u201cdestroy\u201d good journalists and \u201cturn them into bad journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cInterviews are dangerous. RT\u00c9 want to get me on and have other people. They\u2019ll stab me in the back, like a dying wasp.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other candidates in the Dublin Central by-election <\/a> on May 22 include Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Janice Boylan, Daniel Ennis of the Social Democrats, Janet Horner of the Green Party, Fine Gael\u2019s Ray McAdam, Eoghan \u00d3 Ceannabh\u00e1in of People Before Profit, Labour\u2019s Ruth O\u2019Dea, Aont\u00fa\u2019s Ian Noel Smyth, Fianna F\u00e1il\u2019s John Stephens, and independent candidates Tony Corrigan, Colm Flood, Mannix Flynn, John O\u2019Leary, and Malachy Steenson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dublin Central by-election candidate Gerard \u2018The Monk\u2019 Hutch has suggested that \u201cillegal\u201d immigrants should be \u201cinterned in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[72308,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-431770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-general-election","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}