Leo Varadkar: A&E trolley crisis will take years to fix

Health Minster Leo Varadkar said the trolley crisis in the country’s Accident and Emergency departments will take years to fix.

Defending his handling of the health sector, despite 516 people waiting on trolleys yesterday, Mr Varadkar undertook a tour of hospitals to assess the overcrowding crisis for himself.

Speaking to reporters, Mr Varadkar accepted that while the number is high, it is at the worst time of the year and it is down on January 2015 when it was 563.