Long delays facing patients presenting at hospital emergency departments right across the region today.
28 patients are on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital today, the third most overcrowded in the country.
21 patients are waiting at Sligo University Hospital and 21 at University Hospital Galway.
Nationally today 440 patients are waiting for a bed, with the highest figure being seen at University Hospital Limerick, where 75 patients are waiting on trolleys.