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Hospital overcrowding
5 days agoUniversity Hospital Limerick has 58 patients on trolleys today as crisis continues
UHL is followed by 38 at Cork University Hospital and 33 at Beaumont Hospital.
6 days agoMore than 470 patients waiting to be admitted to hospital
Up to 478 patients are on trolleys in hospitals across the country today.
11 days agoTrolleywatch records almost 450 patients awaiting hospital admission
Up to 440 patients are waiting on trolleys at hospitals nationwide today.
13 days agoTaoiseach plays down concerns as 631 patients wait for hospital beds
Latest: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has played down concerns about the highest hospital trolley numbers this year amid warnings patients are fearful of attending emergency units.
14 days ago'Our citizens deserve better' - Number of patients on trolleys hits year high
The number of patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals has hit a year-high figure of 631, according to figures released by the INMO.
18 days agoTrolley crisis: 'You’ve elderly people in there and they have no dignity'
Chronic overcrowding continued across the country’s hospitals as 531 admitted patients languished on trolleys in emergency departments and wards today.
19 days agoOvercrowding in Limerick like 'scenes in the hospital after a major natural disaster'
Overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick has been compared to a scene in a hospital after a major national disaster in the Dáil.
19 days agoTipperary grandmother, 68, recounts 24 hour ordeal on trolley at Limerick hospital
Tipperary grandmother Marie Gleeson has spoken of her 24-hour ordeal lying on a trolley overnight in a corridor in University Hospital Limerick emergency department.
20 days agoDirector of UHL: This is not a crisis, hospital fire exits are not blocked
The chief clinical director of University of Limerick Hospital, Professor Paul Burke is disputing the claims of the INMO about the number of patients on trolleys in the hospital today.
20 days ago81 on trolleys in Limerick- highest ever recorded in an Irish hospital
University Hospital Limerick has recorded the highest-ever daily figure of patients waiting on trolleys.
21 days agoLimerick hospital has more patients on trolleys than all of Dublin’s nine hospitals
There were more patients on trolleys in corridors and wards at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) today than there was across the entirety of Dublin’s nine hospitals, according to official figures published by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).
34 days agoCountry's hospitals have 580 people waiting for beds
There are 580 patients waiting for beds in hospitals around the country this morning, according to the INMO Trolley Watch.
55 days ago563 patients waiting on trolleys across the country
563 patients are waiting on trolleys at hospitals across the country today.
63 days agoMore than 500 patients awaiting hospital beds
The number of patients waiting for hospital beds around the country has risen above 500.
69 days agoHospitals have more than 500 people waiting for beds today
There are 501 patients waiting for beds in hospitals around the country this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.
76 days agoHospitals could not cope with plane crash or terror attack - audit finds
Irish hospitals would not be able to cope if there was a major plane crash or terrorist attack, according to an audit of our Intensive Care Units.
98 days ago598 people are on trolleys across Ireland
There are 598 patients on trolleys across the country this morning.
104 days agoCUH tops waiting list figures as numbers awaiting hospital beds falls slightly
There are 565 people waiting for hospital beds around the country today, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
105 days agoNumber of patients on trolleys rises as nurses set to announce strike days
There has been another rise in the number of patients waiting for hospital beds across the country today.
110 days agoUpdate: Trolley numbers fall slightly as Sinn Féin dismiss yesterday's drop
Sinn Féin has said the trolley crisis in our hospitals will only get worse this year.
