The Monk

ianmc38 · 13-10-2005 11:27am #1

I was having lunch yesterday with a couple of friends when one started telling me about the renowned Dublin Gangster "The MonK" and his new business interest. Apparently, she was talking to a taxi driver one day who was a good friend of the Monk. He said that the Monk is now running a chauffeur service using a white strecthed hummer and brings a load of travellers to their debs.

Now, havign recently seen a white stretched humemr in town I'm wondering if there's any truth to this rumour?

monkeyfudge · 13-10-2005 11:31am

Yeah... I may have climpsed a photo of this in the Sunday World in the local news agents some morning.

He used to be my landlord.... he's actually a pretty nice guy and certainly the best landlord I've ever had.

[Jackass] · 13-10-2005 11:32am

Yeah it's a true. - FACT!

My taxi driver last night used to know John Lennon when he worked in London, when he picked him up one day, they went and hung out in his gaf, and the taxi driver wrote the song "imagine", when john was in the shower..but left it behind him when they went out. Lennon robbed all his songs....he would have been famous - FACT!

blahblah06 · 13-10-2005 11:34am

Ian i highly doubt it mate. i know a few guys that have Hummers down in seville place but i also doubt the monk has one. i would have heard

monkeyfudge · 13-10-2005 11:35am

ah.. well in this case the chances of a taxi driver knowing the monk are very high as he became a taxi driver himself after CAB (ooh there's a pun in the making there) siezed all his assets.

Pigman II · 13-10-2005 11:35am

monkeyfudge wrote:

He used to be my landlord.... he's actually a pretty nice guy and certainly the best landlord I've ever had.

Presumably you always paid your rent on time?

ferdi · 13-10-2005 11:37am

yeah i've seen the hummer, blingouvit

monkeyfudge · 13-10-2005 11:37am

Pigman II wrote:

Presumably you always paid your rent on time?

haha.. yes of course.

Used to get hassle from the Garda all the time though.. everytime I'd leave the house I'd have special branch asking me where I was going.

ianmc38 · 13-10-2005 11:37am

Pigman II wrote:

Presumably you always paid your rent on time?

Ha.

Highlander · 13-10-2005 11:38am

blahblah06 wrote:

Ian i highly doubt it mate. i know a few guys that have Hummers down in seville place but i also doubt the monk has one. i would have heard

oh it's true, my previous employer (freight co), had it shipped in from the States, customs gave it a very serious examination while it was in their warehouse

ianmc38 · 13-10-2005 11:38am

DubGuy wrote:

Yeah it's a true. - FACT!

My taxi driver last night used to know John Lennon when he worked in London, when he picked him up one day, they went and hung out in his gaf, and the taxi driver wrote the song "imagine", when john was in the shower..but left it behind him when they went out. Lennon robbed all his songs....he would have been famous - FACT!

No need to be smart. It's not impossible.

jonnybadd · 13-10-2005 11:39am

It was the front page of the Sunday World a few weeks back. The Monk in front of his brand new white stretch limo and stretch Hummer. Apparently he's charging a grand a night for his services in the hummer

ianmc38 · 13-10-2005 11:40am

Highlander wrote:

oh it's true, my previous employer (freight co), had it shipped in from the States, customs gave it a very serious examination while it was in their warehouse

My sarcasm detector is returning an unsure rating on this post. True?

Highlander · 13-10-2005 11:45am

ianmc38 wrote:

My sarcasm detector is returning an unsure rating on this post. True?

yeah true, shipped in by container from the States

blahblah06 · 13-10-2005 11:45am

Well the monk is a rip off merchant its only 550 euro for 2.5 hours in the guys i know. they own a yellow, black and white one

WellyJ · 13-10-2005 11:57am

blahblah06 wrote:

Well the monk is a rip off merchant its only 550 euro for 2.5 hours in the guys i know. they own a yellow, black and white one

A "grand a night" is actually a better deal than 550 for 2.5 hours.

RedRaven · 13-10-2005 12:17pm

WellyJ wrote:

A "grand a night" is actually a better deal than 550 for 2.5 hours.

Nice comeback, youre right there your honor ha ha!!!;)

japanpaul · 13-10-2005 12:54pm

It's true. He was in the Evening Herald twice in the last few weeks. The first tim e when he bought it, all dressed up as a chauffeur (spell?) with his mobile number where the reg plate should be. Talk about free advertising.
Then last week, he did that big traveller wedding near walkinstown, crumlin. Got another free plug by the paper. And in his interview he said something along the lines of, Thanks to the Herald business is booming.

blahblah06 · 13-10-2005 12:57pm

Ye but how long is for the night... have you looked into that?? i assure you it wouldnt be much longer then 2.5 hours

Eoin · 13-10-2005 1:04pm

blahblah06 wrote:

Ye but how long is for the night... have you looked into that?? i assure you it wouldnt be much longer then 2.5 hours

And you're not likely to argue too much with him either

It was also mentioned in one of the broadsheet supplements this weekend (can't remember which paper - the one with the "what's hot" and "what's not" column). It was very much in the "what's not" column.

Linoge · 13-10-2005 1:07pm

He's defo not the only one with a white stretch hummer. I saw 2 of them parked up on Stephens green a couple of weeks ago.

seamus · 13-10-2005 1:20pm

Seems to be a few white streches (not hummers) floating around the city the last few weeks. Have seen one pretty much every day somewhere near Stephen's Green coming out of work. Saw one out near liffey valley aswell. I've yet to see a hummer in Ireland though. Saw one in London. Stupidest looking things ever.

xzanti · 13-10-2005 1:37pm

I saw a red one last night in rathmines, big long stretch limo covered in stupid looking graphics that you'd usually see on "muppet mobiles" it looked ridiculous, kinda scary looking too tbh

ianmc38 · 13-10-2005 1:40pm

seamus wrote:

Seems to be a few white streches (not hummers) floating around the city the last few weeks. Have seen one pretty much every day somewhere near Stephen's Green coming out of work. Saw one out near liffey valley aswell. I've yet to see a hummer in Ireland though. Saw one in London. Stupidest looking things ever.

I saw a black hummer beside Leopardstown racecourse a few months back. Absolute beast twas.

Sleepy · 13-10-2005 2:05pm

Hummer = Tacky
Stretched Limousine = Tacky

Stretched Hummer = Tacky^2

blahblah06 · 13-10-2005 2:06pm

some ppl dont have any taste...

[Jackass] · 13-10-2005 2:52pm

Sleepy wrote:

Hummer = Tacky
Stretched Limousine = Tacky

Stretched Hummer = Tacky^2

looool

Hummers aren't tacky though tbh...
They were invented by Arnold Schwatzenegar ffs!!!

(the civillian version anyway

)

Never seen one though. Saw loads of white regular ones...last time about a week ago outside Tara st. dart station.

chillywilly · 13-10-2005 4:00pm

well im getting a stretch hummer to my debs on wednesday, i dont think they are tacky.....yet!! Now they are slick but give it a year

there are 14 of us going in it!

13-10-2005 4:23pm

thats true about the monk alright
there was a picture of him in the paper dressed up as a driver leaning against one of the limos with a big smirk on his face
i know none of you are going to believe me and im not being sarcastic, but he also applied for a job as a luas driver last september, no bull****

13-10-2005 4:32pm

enter in "the monk gerry hutch limo" into google and see what happens

Irish News - Irish Independent Online - Sunday Independent , Irish ...THE former gangland criminal, Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, has bought a €200000 stretch Humvee limousine from the USA to hire out as part of his taxi service. ...
www.unison.ie/irish_independent/ index.php3?issue_id=13085 - 50k - 11 Oct 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

check it out for yourselves

Sleipnir · 13-10-2005 4:36pm

Taxi driving - Launder as much money as you like.

He did get lots of people hooked on scag, including his son.
Don't care what kind of landlord he was, the guy is a total scumbag.

skywalker · 13-10-2005 4:41pm

DubGuy wrote:

looool

Hummers aren't tacky though tbh...
They were invented by Arnold Schwatzenegar ffs!!!

(the civillian version anyway )

Never seen one though. Saw loads of white regular ones...last time about a week ago outside Tara st. dart station.

They werent invented by him, he was just the first civilian to own one. Convinced the army to sell him one from what I heard.

nesf · 13-10-2005 5:00pm

seamus wrote:

Seems to be a few white streches (not hummers) floating around the city the last few weeks. Have seen one pretty much every day somewhere near Stephen's Green coming out of work. Saw one out near liffey valley aswell. I've yet to see a hummer in Ireland though. Saw one in London. Stupidest looking things ever.

There was a hummer around Cork for a bit last year. Why one would want one for city driving in Ireland though is beyond me.

delly · 13-10-2005 5:07pm

Sleipnir wrote:

He did get lots of people hooked on scag, including his son.
Don't care what kind of landlord he was, the guy is a total scumbag.

I was under the impression that the monk was one of those 'old school' gangsters' that didn't go near drugs.

Cat O'Nine Tail · 13-10-2005 6:17pm

delly wrote:

I was under the impression that the monk was one of those 'old school' gangsters' that didn't go near drugs.

You're right, he doesn't. The reason why Gerry Hutch is known as The Monk is because he doesn't drink, smoke, or has anything to do with drugs. The guy who sold smack and got most of his kids hooked on that muck, was a guy by the name of Felloni, not Gerry Hutch.

hawkmoon269 · 13-10-2005 6:23pm

delly wrote:

I was under the impression that the monk was one of those 'old school' gangsters' that didn't go near drugs.

That was my understanding also.

Incidentally a guard told me a few years ago that they considered Hutch had 'gone clean' and they weren't pursuing him for anything any more. (I would imagine they still keep an eye on him however.) But I got the impression they certainly didn't consider him Public Enemy Number 1.

seamus · 13-10-2005 8:17pm

skywalker wrote:

They werent invented by him, he was just the first civilian to own one. Convinced the army to sell him one from what I heard.

Aye. He paid the U.S. army (and their contractor) a lot of money to get his hands on a humvee. They're a savage jeep, used as standard by the U.S. army.

Then a company (perhaps the same military contractor) saw the niche and decided to make an uglier, smaller, wimpier version for the already jam-packed 4x4 market, and call it a "hummer".

El Marco · 13-10-2005 8:21pm

Me and 15 other people got a hummer limo for our debs two weeks ago and it wasn't till the next day when I was readying the herald that I realised our driver for the night was the Monk. Happy days. One complaint was that we paid 800 euro for a 30 minute drive and only got one bottle of champaign between 16 of us.

hawkmoon269 · 13-10-2005 8:23pm

El Marco wrote:

Me and 15 other people got a hummer limo for our debs two weeks ago and it wasn't till the next day when I was readying the herald that I realised our driver for the night was the Monk. Happy days. One complaint was that we paid 800 euro for a 30 minute drive and only got one bottle of champaign between 16 of us.

If you rent a limo in the US you usually have to pay extra to get any champagne at all, though I think the rental fees would be a lot cheaper.

monkeyfudge · 13-10-2005 8:50pm

Was it actual Champagne or just the cheap Spanish stuff that you get in most bars?

The Monk · 13-10-2005 9:23pm

stop talking about me. i gave up crime a long time ago. i now run a successful taxi business.

if you want to continue talking about me i'd be happy to continue the discussion in person.

cil_aine · 13-10-2005 9:55pm

wow. is it really you? ha thats quite funny. so mr.monk, whats the deal with the whole hummer thing? are you doing good financially?

AARRRGH · 13-10-2005 10:03pm

cil_aine wrote:

wow. is it really you? ha thats quite funny. so mr.monk, whats the deal with the whole hummer thing? are you doing good financially?

LOL sorry... tis little old me being a bold boy

cil_aine · 13-10-2005 10:11pm

hehehe

seamus · 13-10-2005 10:14pm

Which of your three accounts will I ban first?

AARRRGH · 13-10-2005 10:16pm

3?? No... I have two accounts - dublindude and "The Monk". If you can't take a joke...

black_jack · 13-10-2005 10:21pm

dublindude wrote:

3?? No... I have two accounts - dublindude and "The Monk". If you can't take a joke...

Well thats okay then. He'll only ban you twice.

Wanders towards the prison forum, can't wait to see the appeal on this one.

AARRRGH · 13-10-2005 10:22pm

You really think he has a case? I was very obviously joking. It would be highly immature and unintelligent to ban me for this.

the_syco · 13-10-2005 10:32pm

dublindude wrote:

You really think he has a case? I was very obviously joking. It would be highly immature and unintelligent to ban me for this.

Multiple accounts = bannage. Being stupid enough to tell the mod that you have multiple accounts = a deserved banning. If that other account got one more post to it, it'd be proberly enough proof that your actively using the two accounts.

AARRRGH · 13-10-2005 10:35pm

Well I can tell you now that it was a "once off post account".

Let's not be silly and discuss bannings. It's just...weird.

chillywilly · 14-10-2005 12:35pm

El Marco wrote:

Me and 15 other people got a hummer limo for our debs two weeks ago and it wasn't till the next day when I was readying the herald that I realised our driver for the night was the Monk. Happy days. One complaint was that we paid 800 euro for a 30 minute drive and only got one bottle of champaign between 16 of us.

i doubt it was him since his hummer only holds 8

The Monk

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