The HSE has insisted that "extensive plans" are in place to prevent hospital overcrowding this bank holiday weekend

A total of 12,943 admitted patients, including 447 children, have been treated on trolleys or chairs in March according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO)

A record 90 patients were waiting on trolleys in Cork on Wednesday morning

Hospital overcrowding hit record highs this week, with 931 people waiting on trolleys on Tuesday, falling to 535 people by Friday.

A Co Clare councillor has welcomed plans for patients in the county to be brought to Ennis hospital rather than UHL

Emergency department overcrowding hit record highs this week, with 931 people waiting on hospital trolleys on Tuesday

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Consultant Professor Declan Lyons has repeated a warning about the “inhumane” and dangerous conditions in the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) because of serious overcrowding

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has recorded the highest number of patients on trolleys in 2022 with 669 patients without a hospital bed

University Hospital Galway was the most overcrowded hospital in August, with 1,166 patients waiting on trolleys.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has warned a 'twindemic' winter, of Covid-19 and the flu, could cause chaos in hospitals after trolley number hit 9,191 in July.

This comes as 30 people are without a bed in University Hospital Kerry this morning.

Twenty new beds are to be opened at Cork University Hospital in a bid to alleviate pressure on the hospital emergency department (ED).