Sligo Univeristy Hospital is the worst affected with 50 people waiting for a hospital bed whilst Portiuncla Hospital in Ballinasloe has 29 people waiting in it's ED.

Sligo University Hospital recorded 720 people waiting for a hospital bed last year, with 737 waiting this year so far.

Sligo University Hospital is the second busiest ED in the country today.

Over 5 thousand patients in the Shannonside Northern Sound region left emergency departments without being seen in the first half of this year.

Between January and May of this year a total of 5,172 patients left local hospitals before their treatment was finished.

Martin Daly has warned that some people who should be in hospital are instead being treated at home or in other settings.

Today's INMO Trolley watch figures show just 43 people waiting for beds across the country compared to over 100 patients at the end of June.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre says face coverings should still be worn in certain circumstances.