Tipperary patients facing lengthy Emergency Department waits

Photo © Pat Flynn

535 people are waiting on trolleys in hospitals across the country.

Nearly 80 of these are at the main hospitals serving Tipperary

The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show University Hospital Limerick is the busiest in Ireland, with 41 people waiting for a bed.

At South Tipp General in Clonmel there are 35 people waiting in emergency departments and wards.