Hospital overcrowding: Almost 420 people on trolleys

The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show 419 people waiting for trolleys in hospitals.

277 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 142 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

The hospital with the highest number of patients waiting for a bed is University Hospital Limerick, with 93 patients on trolleys.

37 people are in the emergency department, with 56 elsewhere in the hospital.

At University Hospital Galway, there are 51 people on trolleys, with 34 people in the emergency department.

At Letterkenny University Hospital and St Vincent's University Hospital, there is 26 people in each hospital waiting for a bed.