Flu season has peaked but we still need to curb respiratory illness, says CMO

In an online video (see below) CMO Breda Smyth said the peak of the flu season appears to have passed, but she cautioned that respiratory viruses continue to circulate. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews

The number of patients on trolleys remains high today at 482, including 21 children despite the Chief Medical Officer saying we now appear to have passed the peak of the severe flu season.

Patients at University Hospital Limerick faced significant delays with 65 people unable to get a hospital bed, the highest number on trolleys nationally according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation count.