The former Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, was discharged from Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, yesterday after being treated for a heart complaint.
Mr Haughey left the hospital shortly before 11.a.m. and returned to his home at Kinsealy. A representative of the family said he was well but resting, and would not be talking to the media or posing for photographs.
Mr Haughey was admitted to the hospital after collapsing at his home at 1 a.m. on March 19th. A statement from the hospital at the time said he had a "serious life-threatening cardiac condition".
Mr Haughey has been in poor health since being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1995.
Six months ago a medical report given to the Moriarty tribunal said he was terminally ill with prostate cancer. As a result the tribunal agreed to hear further evidence from him in private.
During Mr Haughey's stay in Beaumont Hospital a former adviser, Ms Catherine Butler, said he had grown frail, suffered poor health and developed memory problems as a result of stress. She suggested the stress was caused by having to give evidence before the tribunal.
Ms Butler worked for Mr Haughey from 1987 to 1992. She said he had not coped well with having to give evidence, and that society should "stop persecuting him".
She said: "Charles Haughey is an intensely private and personal man. He would never let the veil slip in public but in private it's a very different situation."
She added: "I just want it to end for Mr Haughey. I want society to stop persecuting him, to leave him alone, to let him cope with his illness, just to get on with the rest of his life."