More than 500 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country – including six children.
According to the INMO Cork University Hospital is the most overcrowded with 42 people in need of a bed.
University Hospital Limerick, which serves North Tipp, is next with 41 people on trolleys and overflow areas of wards.
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While at South Tipp General in Clonmel, there are 38 patients without a bed.