There are long delays facing patients presenting at emergency departments of hospitals right across the region.

40 patients are waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Galway, the second most overcrowded in the country today.

19 patients are waiting for  bed at Sligo University Hospital and 12 at Mayo University Hospital.

15 patients are waiting for admission at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.

Nationally today, 440 patients are waiting on trolleys at Irish hospitals, with the highest figures once again at University Hospital Limerick, where 94 patients are waiting for a bed.

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