According to the INMO, University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 46 people waiting for a bed.

The widower of Savita Halappanavar who died after she suffered a miscarriage in University Hospital Galway has been overawed by events at her inquest.

A HSE report into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital in Galway last year has found that the foetus she was miscarrying, and not the deteriorating health of the mother, was the main focus of the medical team.

Almost 400 people are waiting on trolleys to be admitted to hospitals nationwide today.

The HSE has said it is trying to talk to the husband of Savita Halappanavar through his legal team.

A 26-year-old woman has died in a two-car collision in Co Galway today.

Fianna Fáil’s grip on the Dáil loosened tonight after two TDs stood down from the parliamentary party over the withdrawal of cancer services in their constituency.