489 people are waiting for beds in hospitals around the country today.
INMO figures show University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding – the facility which serves North Tipp, Clare and Limerick has 94 patients on trolleys which is more than double the next highest.
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Cork University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital both have 45 patients without a bed.
The nursing union reports 20 patients being cared for on trolleys around the Emergency Department at Tipperary University Hospital in Clonmel.
