Limerick and Cork worst hit as 8,680 patients without a hospital bed in May

The INMO said that nurses in Limerick are under tremendous pressure and are completely overwhelmed by the conditions they are working in

UHL had the highest number of patients without a bed this month with 1,823 patients, followed by CUH with 898 patients.

Cork and Limerick were found to have been the worst-hit hospitals for overcrowding in the month of May, according to new figures. 

More than 8,680 patients were without a bed in hospitals this month according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) TrolleyWatch data.