11,452 on trolleys: INMO warns of risks following worst-ever October for overcrowding

They are warning that due to the overcrowding and "chronic understaffing" patients are at "grave risk".

There were 11,452 patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals in October, according to new figures from the INMO.

The union says this is the worst-ever October for overcrowding and the second-worst month since records began.