Overcrowding eases at Naas Hospital with 16 patients on trolleys today

There's been a sharp drop in the number of patients on trolleys at Naas General Hospital with 16 patients receiving treatment on trolleys.

According to the INMO, there were 36 people were on gurneys at the Kildare hospital yesterday.

Nationwide, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation reports that there are 528 patients on trolleys at the country's other main hospitals, with 370 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 158 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals across the country.

The worst-hit hospitals today are:

• University Hospital Limerick – 59
• Cork University Hospital – 46
• Tallaght University Hospital - 45