Man accused of sending pig’s head to garda fails to return from holiday

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a 45-year-old man charged in connection with sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda.

At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Carroll Moran issued the warrant for the arrest of Brendan Mahoney, of 74 Cabra Park, Dublin, after being informed he had failed to return to Ireland from a sun holiday in Spain.

At the same court last month, Judge Gerald Keyes varied Mr Mahoney’s bail conditions to allow him go on his holiday by making a court order for the return of his passport.