Hospital overcrowding: 100 patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick

Wed, 07 May, 2025 - 11:59

James Cox

A total of 461 admitted patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch.

This includes 291 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 170 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

The most overcrowded hospital is University Hospital Limerick (UHL) where 100 patients are waiting on trolleys.

This is double the number of patients waiting in any other hospital in the country at the moment.

Forty one patients are waiting for beds in the UHL emergency department, while 59 patients are on trolleys in other wards.

After UHL, the most overcrowded hospitals are Cork University Hospital (CUH - 44 patients waiting for beds), University Hospital Galway (41 patients), St Vincent's University Hospital (40 patients), and Letterkenny University Hospital (32 patients).

The most overcrowded emergency departments after UHL (41 patients) are CUH (37 patients), University Hospital Galway, St Vincent's University Hospital (both 30 patients), and Tallaght University Hospital (22 patients).