It’s a busy start to the week for front line staff in hospitals serving the Premier County.
Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show there are 51 people without a bed UHL.
The Limerick hospital – which serves North Tipperary – is by far the most overcrowded in the country.
St Vincents in Dublin is next in line with 37 patients being treated on trolleys.
People attending the Emergency Department at South Tipp General in Clonmel can also expect delays as there are 25 people there without a bed.
According to the INMO there are 552 people in a similar situation across the country today.
