There were almost a thousand patients on trolleys at UHG during the month of September.

Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Association show it was the third most overcrowded hospital in the country.

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The worst was University Hospital Limerick at 1,735, followed by Cork with 1,263 patients left without a bed.

The INMO is warning we’re now heading into the hardest period of the year, without enough staff, and the number on trolleys will only continue to grow.

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