Mary Butler recovering after cancer surgery

The junior health minister was told she had skin cancer by a doctor she met on a work trip to Brussels

Junior health minister Mary Butler is in recovery again at her Waterford home after a second surgery last Thursday.

Junior health minister Mary Butler is recovering after having surgery for skin cancer, she has confirmed.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Ms Butler said she had a procedure in June under local anesthetic to remove cancer from the bridge of her nose but it wasn’t successful.