INMO: 250 patients waiting on trolleys in hospitals

48 patients are waiting on trolleys in University Hospital, Limerick - 38 in the emergency department, and a further 10 elsewhere in the hospital - the highest total in the country. File Picture: PA

250 patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning.

The latest figures from the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO) show that 211 people are without beds in emergency departments, while 39 are waiting in other hospital wards.