56 waiting for a bed at North West hospitals

There are 56 people waiting on hospital trollies in the North West's two main hospitals this morning.

According to the latest Trolley Watch figures from the INMO, there are 42 people waiting for a bed in Letterkenny University Hospital, while in Sligo University Hospital, there are 14.

Nationwide, today's figures stand at 655, University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded facility in Ireland today, with 109 people, 49 of which are in the emergency department, awaiting admission there.