Long delays are facing patients attending the Emergency Department at University Hospital Galway today.
66 patients are waiting for a bed at the hospital, the second most overcrowded across the country today.
Elsewhere, 41 patients are waiting for a bed at Sligo University Hospital, 9 at Mayo University Hospital and 5 at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.
Nationally today 490 patients are waiting for admission with the highest figures at University Hospital Limerick where 102 patients are waiting for a bed.
