23 people on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry

23 people had been admitted to University Hospital Kerry without a bed to accommodate them this morning.

Figures published by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's TrolleyWatch show 15 patients were on trolleys in the emergency department and eight more were on trolleys elsewhere in the hospital.

University Hospital Limerick was once again the most overcrowded hospital in Ireland, followed by University Hospital Galway and Cork University Hospital.