Overcrowding at Cork University Hospital 'frightening'

Around the country, only two of the 29 hospitals with emergency departments had enough beds to meet the demand arising from the high number of patients attending who needed to be admitted.

Overcrowding at Cork University Hospital has reached “frightening” levels, the nurses’ union has warned, with 53 patients unable to get a bed on Monday.

In total, more than more than 550 people were on hospital trolleys throughout the country today, with patients across Munster and Connaught the most badly affected.