St Luke’s among busiest hospitals in Ireland today

St Luke’s is one of the most overcrowded hospitals in the country today

22 patients are waiting for beds at the General Hospital for Carlow and Kilkenny, according to figures from the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation.

12 are in the Emergency Department while 10 others are on wards.

The highest number are waiting in University Hospital Limerick with 103, followed by 89 in University Hospital Galway and 40 in Letterkenny University Hospital.