Why is Beaumont getting a new emergency department and not UHL? asks campaigner

HSE figures showed a total of 94 people waiting in UHL on Tuesday, with 61 patients on trolleys and 33 on temporary surge beds. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

It is “hurtful” to see a new emergency department funded for a Dublin hospital while patients in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary continue to face overcrowding, an advocate said.

On Tuesday, there were 93 patients without a bed at University Hospital Limerick out of 443 patients waiting around the country, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said.