Trolley crisis back in focus as numbers climb in Limerick and Cork

The worst-affected was University Hospital Limerick where 59 people waited overnight for a bed. Picture: Dan Linehan

The number of patients on hospital trolleys today was the highest this year since before Covid-19 hit, according to new figures from the Irish Nursing and Midwives Organisation.

In all 316 people were waiting on trolleys to be admitted to hospitals from emergency departments.