540 patients on trolleys at hospitals across the country

Photo © Pat Flynn

University Hospital Limerick and South Tipp General are among the three worst affected hospitals today.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation UHL – which provides Emergency Department cover for North Tipp, Clare and Limerick – has 55 patients without a bed.

There are a further 42 in Clonmel while Cork University Hospital is the most overcrowded with 58.