Latest figures show 385 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country.
According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation – University Hospital Galway is the most overcrowded with 45 people in need of a bed.
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University Hospital Limerick is next with 35 people on trolleys and overflow areas of wards – a new Emergency Department is due to open there on Monday next.
At South Tipp General in Clonmel there are 13 patients without a bed this afternoon.