INMO Trolley watch: 532 people waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning

There are total of 523 people who have been left waiting on trolleys in hospitals this morning.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) TrolleyWatch shows University Hospital Limerick remains the most over-crowded in the country - with 72 patients on trolleys.

That is followed by Cork University Hospital with 52, and Galway with 40.

Figures from the INMO show 414 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 109 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.