Overcrowding in Limerick like 'scenes in the hospital after a major natural disaster'

Overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick has been compared to a scene in a hospital after a major national disaster in the Dáil.

A spike in patients on trolleys in hospitals across the country has led to unsafe conditions for patients and is also impacting on the health and safety of staff, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has claimed.