Over 300 people are on hospital trolleys today, according to nurses.
The latest trolley watch report shows University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded.
The Dooradoyle hospital – which serves North Tipperary, Clare and Limerick – has 42 people waiting for a bed.
At South Tipp General in Clonmel there are 13 people without a bed today.
Wexford General has 35 while St Luke’s in Kilkenny has 28 people in their Emergency Departments and overflow areas of wards.
