The hospital overcrowding crisis showed no sign of letting up today as there were almost 300 people waiting on trolleys today.
According to latest figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, there were 289 people in total across the country waiting on a bed this afternoon.
The INMO say the University Hospital Limerick was the worst affected with 34 waiting on a bed.
Meanwhile Cork University Hospital was second on the list with 31 people waiting on trolleys.