460 people are waiting for beds in hospitals nationwide this lunchtime.
Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding, with 98 patients on trolleys.
That’s followed by 66 at Cork University Hospital, and 42 at the Mater Hospital in Dublin.
Staff at TUH in Clonmel are caring for 16 patients on trolleys around the Emergency Department while the nursing union reports no overcrowding at Nenagh Hospital.
