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 says Minister Lynch is now convalescing at home where she's expected to remain for several weeks.

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