Get patients off trolleys, demand Dáil protesters

“MARY, get my granny off the trolley.”

That was the message on one of the colourful posters carried yesterday by two of Kathleen Byrne’s grandchildren outside the Dáil yesterday.

Jennifer, nine, and Alison, 14, joined more than 100 people who took to the streets to highlight the plight of patients forced to spend between three and six days on trolleys waiting for a hospital bed.