Clare Fine Gael TD on trolley since Saturday 

Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey tweeted on Monday afternoon that he had to cancel constituency work 'having spent the last couple of nights lying on a trolley in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick'. Picture: Eamon Ward

Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey says he has been on a trolley at University Hospital Limerick since Saturday.

Mr Carey tweeted on Monday afternoon that he had to cancel constituency work "having spent the last couple of nights lying on a trolley in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick".