Autumn sun for sender of pig’s head

The Dubliner who sent a pig’s head to the home of a Garda and his wife is set to be out of jail in time to get some autumn sun in Spain.

This follows Judge Gerald Keys yesterday imposing a two-year jail term on Brendan Mahoney, aged 48, for sending the pig’s head to the home of Garda Paul Heaslip and his wife, Natalie O’Neill, in January 2012.

As a result of receiving the rotting head — which was also split down the middle— the frightened couple were forced to leave behind their life in west Clare.