Almost 800 people unable to get a hospital bed 

Trolley Watch figures paint a grim picture of the overcrowding situation in our hospitals.

Almost 800 people were unable to get a hospital bed on Wednesday as overcrowding linked to the flu and fallout from the winter weather continues in hospitals.

Patients at University Hospital Limerick again faced long waits with 103 people without a bed counted by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).