Hospital overcrowding: Almost 600 patients waiting for a bed

598 people are without a bed in hospitals on Monday morning, according to the Irish Midwives and Nurses Organisation (INMO)

391 patients are waiting in the emergency departments, while 207 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

The hospital with the highest amount of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick, with 101 people without a bed.

31 people are in the emergency department, with 70 elsewhere in the hospital.

At University Hospital Galway there is 50 people without a bed, with 40 in the emergency department.

At Cork University Hospital, there is 49 people on trolleys, with 47 in the emergency department.