Here is the number of people waiting for hospital beds in Ireland today
Almost 420 people are waiting on a bed at hospitals across the country this afternoon.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation claims 319 people are on trollies while a further 99 are in overflow areas of wards.
According to the latest trolley watch report, University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 52 people in need of a bed.
University Hospital Waterford is next with 35 people on trolleys and overflow areas of wards, while Cork University Hospital has 34 patients in the same position.
