The INMO’s Phil Ni Sheaghdha has said there are ‘huge ethical concerns’ with placing patients in areas such as window bays and waiting rooms.

University Hospital Limerick (UHL) was the worst affected

University Hospital Limerick (UHL) was the worst affected by overcrowding on Friday

The First Minister said Stormont ministers need to work together to fix the issues facing the under-pressure system.

The HSE said the most common type of injuries among bike users were to their heads, elbows or forearms.

The warning follows a case of a 21-year-old woman who suffered a rare splenic fungal abscess after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey.

Figures showed that 106 patients were admitted without a bed in UHL on Friday

323 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 125 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

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University Hospital Limerick was the worst affected, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

A total of 426 admitted patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO Trolley Watch

Mairead Farrell said the Government finds it ‘incredibly easy to squander taxpayers’ hard-earned money’.

University Hospital Limerick has the most patients waiting on beds at 79. 32 of these are in the emergency department and 47 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

This includes 352 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 153 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital

This includes 337 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 125 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals

According to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwvies Association (INMO), the hospital with the worst overcrowding this morning in University Hospital Limerick with 92 people without beds.

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly said we should be seeing reductions in patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick ‘now’.

Stephen Donnelly said that if consultants’ productivity increased to previous levels, outpatient waiting lists would be ‘eradicated’.

University Hospital Limerick had the largest number of patients waiting for a hospital bed

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he is having ongoing conversations with Cabinet colleagues about the issue

The INMO Trolley Watch counts the number of patients who have been admitted to acute hospitals

Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding, with 106 patients on trolleys.

There are 424 admitted patients waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch

The INMO said March was an 'extremely busy month' in Irish hospitals

The HSE said hospitals are already "extremely busy", and it wants people to stay away unless absolutely necessary

Of the 150 people waiting for beds at UHL, 65 were in the Emergency Department and 85 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital

There were a total of 586 admitted patients waiting for beds on Tuesday morning.

The Minister said there was a need to move to a seven-day-a-week service

HSE boss Bernard Gloster said systems were holding up well during the mid-winter pressures

The Minister for Health said it was 'absolutely' right to move a patient who had been medically discharged to a clinically appropriate nursing home