The number of hospital patients on trolleys has risen slightly in the last 24 hours.
According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation there are 448 people without a bed this lunchtime – up from 435 yesterday.
The numbers at University Hospital Limerick have risen from 19 to 36 since yesterday.
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22 are waiting on trolleys at South Tipp General in Clonmel, down from 29 yesterday.
Letterkenny General Hospital is the most overcrowded with 46 people in need of a bed.