Flu deaths reach 94 as nurses warn of 'dangerous' hospital overcrowding

Phil Ní Sheaghdha: 'On course to be the worst January for overcrowding'. Picture: Gareth Chaney

Deaths from flu continue to rise, with 94 now recorded for the winter as hospitals still face overcrowding and case numbers remain high.

Nurses claim hospital managers are placing very ill patients in high-risk wards against clinical advice. They also say overcrowding has seen more than 10,000 patients on trolleys this month.