There are long delays facing patients at hospital emergency departments across the region this morning.
37 patients are on trolleys at University Hospital Galway today, the third most overcrowded nationally.
31 patients are waiting for a bed at Sligo University Hospital and 21 at Mayo University Hospital.
1 patient is awaiting admission at Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe today.
Nationally today, 486 patients are waiting on trolleys at Irish hospitals today, with the highest figures at University Hospital Limerick where 77 patients are waiting for a bed.
