26 patients have been admitted to University Hospital Kerry (UHK) without a bed to accommodate them.
18 are on trolleys in the emergency department (ED), and eight are on trolleys elsewhere in the hospital.
Nationwide, 446 admitted patients are waiting for a bed this afternoon.
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University Hospital Limerick accounts for the largest number of those, with 106, followed by Cork University Hospital with 53 and University Hospital Galway with 47.