Trolley numbers near four hundred nationwide

According to the latest Trolleywatch report from the INMO, 380 people are on trolleys in hospitals across the country. 

Staff at South Tipp General are coping with 26 patients who have been admitted from the Emergency Department but are without a bed.

Meanwhile University Hospital Limerick has 23 people on trolleys or chairs today.

Beaumont Hospital is said to be the most overcrowded with 36 people on temporary beds.