Election 2024: Locals nonplussed by the Monk's close call in Dublin Central

“Ah here, leave it bleeding out, vote for the Monk number 1.” 

Ann Grimes’s famous urging of people to stop fighting on a Dublin street in a clip that went viral over a decade ago was repurposed on Friday as she exited her count centre having given Gerard Hutch her number one vote.

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