Galway University Hospital is the most-overcrowded in the country today, according to the latest Trolley Watch from the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation.

There are 41 patients waiting for a bed today at the Galway Hospital – while Limerick is the next busiest with 40 patients on trolleys.

Elsewhere in this region there are 15 people waiting for a bed at Mayo University Hospital, * at Sligo University Hospital and 4 in Portiuncla.

Across the country today, there are 461 patients on hospital trolleys.