32 waiting on Hospital Beds in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals

Thirty-two patients in the north west's two main hospitals are waiting for beds today.

Twenty of them are in Sligo University Hospital, where 13 are in the emergency department.

There are 12 patients waiting in Letterkenny University Hospital, with three in the emergency department.

Meanwhile, there were 21 patients in Sligo University Hospital with Covid-19 as at 8pm last night.