In many cases the delay in physical discharge was the result of a lack of step down beds or care facility openings.

It's reported he threatened passers-by at the university, before being apprehended by Gardaí at around 2 o'clock this afternoon.

The woman is the 8th person to die on Ireland's roads already this year.

The An Taisce report for Carrick on Shannon gave the town top marks for over half of the sites surveyed, with no heavily littered spots identified.

The commission flagged just one area of moderate concern in the area of residents' personal property and possessions following the announced inspection last June.

Nationally, almost 123,000 people were left of a hospital trolley last year.

Nationally, Limerick University Hospital is facing 112 people in their ED this morning.

The modified schedule also offers three daily return services on Sundays.