More than 740 flu patients in hospital as pressure mounts

In Cork and Kerry three clinics will offer children free flu vaccines when accompanied by their parent or guardian on Monday. File picture: iStock

More than 740 people were in hospitals with the flu on Friday which the HSE warned is at the upper end of its flu-case predictions.

Overcrowding pressures are mounting in hospitals with 234 patients including seven children without a hospital bed, figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation also show.