Candidate brings home the bacon

“HONESTLY, I’m not telling you any porkies... there’s a real pig running around.”

A general election candidate will be hoping to bring home the bacon again today after an encounter with an unusual constituent.

Cllr John Gilroy, who is seeking a seat in the Cork North Central constituency, was canvassing his home town of Glanmire yesterday morning when some locals informed him that a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig was running loose near the Crestfield Shopping Centre and nearby schools.