Nationally, 513 people in total are being treated on trolleys today.

Councillor said overcrowding is hospitals, and especially A & Es is in part, down to people abusing the system.

Deputy Tully says that the Government has abandoned patients and workers in Cavan-Monaghan to Emergency Department chaos.

The local Emergency Department is experiencing high volumes of patients.

This is the third public warning that the local hospital has issued in the past week.

'Consideration is also being given to mounting a picket at HSE head offices'

Cavan General Hospital is experiencing high levels of increased activity.