Minister Lynch returns home after week in CUH

The Junior Health Minister, Kathleen Lynch has been released from hospital.

She was sent home yesterday after spending almost a week in Cork University Hospital where she was being treated for septicaemia.

Minister Lynch had been transferred by air ambulance from Letterkenny General Hospital where she collapsed last Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the Labour Party said Minister Lynch is now convalescing at home where she is expected to remain for several weeks.

She is continuing with her course of medication but her condition is reportedly under control.