Over 30 patients at Sligo University Hospital are on trolleys

The number of people waiting on trolleys for admission to Sligo hospital has lowered in the past 24 hours from 45 to 30.

The latest trolley watch figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show a total of 19 people on trolleys at Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe this morning.

Ten people are waiting for admission to Mullingar, and the figures show two people on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore.