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Mark HDurkan in appendix op

ReceNTly appointed environment minister Mark H Durkan has been released from hospital after having undergone an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix. He was released from hospital yesterday and is expected to take some time off to recover from the surgery. The Derry assembly member, a nephew of the city's MP Mark Durkan, replaced his SDlP colleague to take up the post at the Department of environment last month. The minister, above, posted on Twitter yesterday: "Disappointed i can't make opening @fleadhcheoil, just out of hospital minus appendix".