One of the women was in a critical condition and died overnight from her injuries.

Talks are taking place between the HSE and unions over retired nurses returning to do hospital shifts to cope with coronavirus.

The worst affected facility is again University Hospital Limerick where there are 68 people awaiting beds, four more than yesterday.

Among various claims, Meraid Hyland-McGuire alleges failure to act appropriately in response to an electrocardiogram (ECG) carried out on her 58-year-old husband Patrick.

Patients no longer have to wait for life-saving blood transfusions until they get to a hospital.

There are 598 patients on trolleys across the country this morning.

Investigations are continuing after a man was discovered with serious injuries in Bray, Co Wicklow on Tuesday.

Today's figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that more than 350 people are waiting for a hospital bed.

There are almost 300 people on Ireland's hospital trolleys and overflow areas of wards today.

There are almost 500 patients waiting for admission to hospital today.

A man in his 30's remains in Garda custody this morning, in connection with the death of a woman in South county Dublin.

Support staff in major Dublin hospitals have voted to go on strike. Porters, catering staff and lab assistants are angry about pay cuts and changes to working conditions.

The HSE has warned St Vincent’s University Hospital that it will slash its funding by 20% from Friday if it doesn’t comply with public pay policy.

The chief executive of St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin has tonight revealed that he is paid €292,669 a year.

The Dail's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is to call in the board of St. Vincent's Hospital after claims of fraud by Senator John Crown.

St Vincent's Health Care is the highest earning charity in Ireland with a gross income of €363m for 2011.

Some 359 people are waiting for treatment at the country's hospitals this evening.

Nurses say there are 192 people on trolleys awaiting treatment in hospitals around the country this afternoon.

CYSTIC FIBROSIS sufferers could catch potentially fatal hospital bugs because there are no isolation facilities for them, an independent review of services has warned.

TWO more hospitals have revealed they supplied pituitary glands from deceased patients to pharmaceutical companies, bringing to 22 the number of hospitals that have admitted their involvement so far.