Tipp local election candidate undergoes emergency surgery

University Hospital Limerick. Photo:© P Flynn

Local elections are the last thing on one Tipperary candidate’s mind today as he had to have emergency surgery yesterday.

Fergal Butler, from Upperchurch, fell ill over the weekend and was rushed to University Hospital Limerick.

The Fianna Fáil candidate had surgery on a burst appendix – the surgery is reported to have gone well.