Munster hospitals top list as 285 patients wait on trolleys 

University Hospital, Limerick has  62 patients waiting on a bed, 46 in the ED, and a further 16 elsewhere in the hospital — the highest total in the country. File Picture: PA

There are 285 patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning.

The latest figures from the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO) show that 229 people are without beds in emergency departments, while 56 are waiting in other hospital wards.