Hospital overcrowding: Over 360 patients waiting for a bed

Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show there are 364 patients on trolleys on Monday morning.

226 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 138 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

The hospital with the highest number of patients without a bed is University Hospital Limerick, with 83 people waiting for a bed.

There are 31 people in the emergency department, with 52 patients elsewhere in the hospital.

At Cork University Hospital, there is 40 people on trolleys, with 34 people in the emergency department.

There are 39 patients waiting for a bed at University Hospital Galway, with 30 people in the emergency department.

There is also 39 people on trolleys ayt Sligo University Hospital, with 21 people in the emergency department.