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Cork University Hospital is one of the worst hospitals for overcrowding, with 12,487 patients going without a bed at some stage during the year. Picture: Andy Gibson.

This year has been the worst ever for hospital overcrowding in Ireland, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has claimed.

More than 121,500 patients have gone without a bed in hospitals across the country this year, the worst on record, the union said in a statement on Tuesday.