Donnelly: 'Perfect storm' of flu, RSV, and Covid means pressure on hospitals will get worse

Health Minister said he is advised by hospitals that the pressure on crowded A&Es is going to increase for now

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly speaking with media outside Beaumont Hospital this evening. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said the pressure on the country’s hospital will get worse before it improves because of a “perfect storm” of Covid, RSV and an early flu wave.

Speaking tonight at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Mr Donnelly said the delays to people being admitted was “not acceptable and was never acceptable.” He said: