'Nobody explained, nobody apologized': Thousands attend emotional hospital overcrowding protest in Limerick

Loved ones of people who have died while waiting for treatment at University Hospital Limerick were among the crowds at this morning's protest

People of Limerick showing their angry at the UHL Protest in Limerick. Picture: Picture Brendan Gleeson

Thousands of people lined Limerick city’s main thoroughfare this morning to highlight hospital overcrowding and delays in the Mid-West region.

Protests are also taking place outside Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Kerry in Tralee this Saturday as well as at hospitals in Galway, Letterkenny, and other sites where patients have faced long delays this winter.