At least 171 people on hospital trolleys today

There are at least 171 patients sleeping on hospital trolleys in Irish hospitals today, according to the latest count from the Irish Nurses Organisation.

The worst offender, according to the INO figures, is Beaumont Hospital in Dublin with 33 patients. Nineteen are on trolleys in Dublin’s Mater Hospital , 16 in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, and 14 in the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Dooradoyle, Limerick.