17 people waiting on trolleys at Cavan General Hospital

695 patients are on trolleys in hospitals around the country today.

The INMO says 437 of those are in emergency departments, with the remaining 258 in wards elsewhere.

There are 17 people waiting on a bed at Cavan General Hospital this morning. University Hospital Limerick accounts for the largest number of people waiting for a bed, followed by University Hospital Galway and Cork University Hospital.