
Hospitals in the North West ranked as the fifth and sixth most overcrowded in the state this morning.
That’s according to data published by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
46 patients were without a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital, 15 of those were in the Emergency Department.
Meanwhile, at Sligo University Hospital 40 patients were in unsuitable locations.
The most overcrowded hospital in the state today was University Hospital Limerick which saw 99 patients waiting on trolleys.
