Gardaí added to airport employee's case over Hutch election video

Mr Doyle, an aircraft technician employed by Dublin Aerospace Ltd, says he was the subject of a failed ‘enhanced background check’ in November 2024, resulting in his airport identity card being suspended

Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch received over 3,000 first-preference votes in the Dublin Central constituency before missing out on the last Dáil seat to Labour's Marie Sherlock. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

An Garda Síochána has been made a respondent in a High Court case taken by a Dublin Airport technician, who is seeking a judicial review over his security card suspension, after he recorded another employee pledging his support for Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s recent general election run.

Christopher Doyle, aged 34, of Claremont Lawns, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, is seeking a judicial review of a decision regarding his appeal relating to a failed security intelligence check, along with the decision to suspend his identity card at Dublin Airport last December, rendering him unable to work.