DEPUTY First Minister Martin McGuinness has visited First Minister Peter Robinson in hospital armed with a bowl of fruit.
Mr Robinson was taken to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on Monday morning after he suffered a suspected heart attack at home.
The 66-year-old was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital where he underwent a “procedure”.
Mr McGuinness said he took Mr Robinson a bowl of fruit during his visit on Wednesday night.
“It was my bowl of fruit, because I hadn’t eaten anything all day yesterday, so I sacrificed that in the interests of the first minister’s health,” he joked.
The deputy first minister added: “But hopefully he’s on the mend, I would hope he will be out of hospital very shortly.
“I’m not going to speak about his physical condition.
“I think, knowing Peter, he will talk to the media about that whenever he’s able to do so and I’ll leave that to him.
“But I obviously felt it was important to go and see him and wish him well and his family well.”
The pair have had a good working relationship over these past number of years but have sometimes fallen out over issues, including the Welfare Reform Bill.
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