Over 610 people waiting for beds in Irish hospitals

Michael Bolton

The latest figures from the Irish Midwives and Nurses Organisation (INMO) show there is 613 people waiting for beds in hospitals across the country on Monday.

421 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 192 are in wards elsewhere in the hospitals.

The hospital with the highest amount of people waiting for a bed is University Hospital Limerick, with 107 people on trolleys.

49 people are in the emergency department, with 58 elsewhere in the hospital.

At Cork University Hospital, there is 71 people waiting for a bed, with 61 people in the emergency department.

At University Hospital Galway, there is 62 people waiting for a bed, with 44 people in the emergency room.