Known for leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" since leaving prison in 1985, he was nicknamed "The Monk" by Irish Times journalist Harry McGee.
[6] Hutch unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate in the Dublin Central constituency at the 2024 Irish general election.
[9] He was later part of a gang led by drug dealer Eamon Kelly[9] that were involved in major robberies and received many convictions between 1970 and 1983 intermittently spending time in prison.
[10] His gang was said to have amassed an estimated IR£40 million from a series of bank robberies, jewellery heists, and fraud scams spanning almost eight years.
Hutch admitted to being a "convicted criminal" in a 2008 interview with the Irish Independent, but insisted that he made his money through property deals, not crime.
[11][12] In April 2021, he became the subject of a European Arrest Warrant as Gardaí said they had enough evidence to charge him with murder in connection with the shooting of David Byrne.
[14] On 29 September 2021, he was extradited to Ireland, flown in a military CASA 235 from Madrid to Casement Aerodrome by the Irish Defence Forces.
[16] After a request from counsel for the Attorney General, the case was adjourned until 1 July 2022, pending the Supreme Court decision.
[19][20] In 2024, Hutch confirmed that he would run in the Dublin Central constituency at the 2024 Irish general election as an independent candidate.
[1][23] Hutch eventually reached a £1.2 million settlement with the CAB to "cover back taxes and interest for a nine-year period".
[1] After the CAB settlement in 1999, Hutch applied for and was granted a taxi licence,[29][30] and set up the limousine service Carry Any Body.