'This is not normal' - Highest number of patients on hospital trolleys in June for 16 years

This morning's overall total is the highest figure recorded on a single day in the month of June since the INMO began counting trolley figures in 2006. File Picture

There were 608 patients without beds in Irish hospitals this morning - a 16-year record for a day in June.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), University Hospital Limerick (UHL), which has consistently recorded the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys in recent months, had 98 patients without a bed this morning - 62 in the emergency department (ED) and 36 elsewhere in the hospital.