More than 110 patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick

One fifth the total number of patients waiting nationally were waiting at University Hospital Limerick

University Hospital Limerick where there 112 patients without beds this morning.

Some 558 patients are without beds in hospitals across the country this morning, with almost a fifth of this number waiting at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) alone.

According to the latest trolley figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), there were 112 patients without beds at UHL as of 8am this morning — 46 in the emergency department (ED) and 66 on other wards.