St Luke’s General Hospital for Carlow and Kilkenny is one of the busiest hospitals in the country today

The number of people waiting on a bed at St Luke’s General for Carlow and Kilkenny has almost doubled in a day.

26 patients presented locally this morning, 7 of them to the local Emergency Departmetn with 19 on other wards.

They’re among 599 without a bed in hospitals across the country today according to the Irish Nurses & Midwives trolley watch.