Emergency departments at hospital across the country including Tipperary are under pressure this lunchtime.
Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation report 342 patients awaiting admission to hospital.
18 of these are at South Tipp General in Clonmel while University Hospital Limerick has the highest in the country at 35.
There are 25 patients on trolleys or chairs at Waterford Regional Hospital with 19 at Cork University Hospital.
