Factors adversely impacting performance during the bank holiday period included reduced patient flow activity due to the bank holiday landing on a Tuesday.

University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded hospital in the State on Monday morning, with 105 patients there waiting on trolleys

Of the 545 patients waiting for a hospital bed on Wednesday morning, 115 were in University Hospital Limerick

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said over 121,526 patients have gone without hospital beds this year