Cork nurse dreading flu season claiming hospital overcrowding 'not just a winter crisis'

In her more than 40 years nursing, Margaret Frahill has just put down one of the toughest weeks of her career.

Cork nurse dreading flu season claiming hospital overcrowding 'not just a winter crisis'

In her more than 40 years nursing, Margaret Frahill has just put down one of the toughest weeks of her career.

“There are people in their 90s actually apologising to us for being in the emergency department (ED),” she says.

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