It’s unusual for a defeated candidate in an Irish parliamentary by-election to make headlines outside the country. But Gerry Hutch, whose second bid to represent Dublin Central ended in failure last weekend, is best known for his suspected involvement in two of the country’s biggest armed robberies (although he has never been tried or convicted for those alleged offences, committed in the 1980s and 1990s). Hutch was also embroiled in Ireland’s most notorious criminal feud over the last decade. Though he didn’t make it over the line on election day, he outpolled the candidates of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, Ireland’s traditional parties of government. Unlike many of his gangland peers, Hutch courted publicity and gave interviews to the national media. The stretched Humvee he bought for his limousine firm was a familiar sight on the streets of Dublin in the late 2000s. In September 2015, Hutch’s nephew Gary was murdered in Marbella by another Dublin crime family, led by Christopher Kinahan and his sons.…