University Hospital Limerick nurses in tears as trolley numbers mount

'Nobody is programmed to work in that type of environment all of the time,' says INMO

University Hospital Limerick was again the worst in the country with 76 patients on trolleys. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Nurses in tears, patients on chairs or trolleys — just another overwhelmingly busy day at an overwrought University Hospital Limerick (UHL) emergency department.

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) assistant director of industrial relations Mary Fogarty tells of the volume of upsetting calls she gets from nurses struggling to cope with the growing pressures.