South Tipp trolley number halves since yesterday

Latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show there are 12 people without a bed at South Tipp General today – down from 24 on Thursday.

University Hospital Limerick – which serves North Tipp – has 15 patients in a similar situation today.

Nationally the figures have fallen by 10 to 235 with Beaumont in Dublin worst hit with 30 people on trolleys or chairs.