100,000 patients on hospital trolleys so far this year

Today, 451 patients are on trolleys and chairs across the country, which brings the 2018 total to 100,385.

The number of patients waiting for hospital beds so far this year has exceeded 100,000 for the first time ever.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says it is the first time this has happened since it began recording the figures in 2004.