SF: Woman on hospital trolley for eight days

Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has said the Táinaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney has failed to grasp the fundamental issues at the heart of the crisis in our hospitals.

Deputy Crowe, speaking after the Irish Nurses Organisation revealed that a record 422 patients were on trolleys said: "What is needed is a capital investment programme for our hospitals to provide more beds and additional staff."