More than 450 patients on trolleys around the country yesterday

Two of the country’s busiest hospital emergency departments had almost 100 patients on trolleys between them yesterday, according to figures provided by nurses’ representatives.

There were 456 patients on trolleys in hospitals across the country, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin had the greatest number of patients on trolleys, at 51, according to the INMO trolley and ward watch.