University Hospital Limerick is once again the most overcrowded in the country today.
Latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation report 42 patients waiting for a bed at the hospital which serves North Tipperary, Limerick and Clare.
The situation at South Tipp General in Clonmel is much calmer today with 4 patients being cared for on trolleys or in overflow areas of wards.
In all the nursing union report 357 people waiting for a bed at hospitals across the country.
