427 admitted patients were waiting for beds on Friday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).
The INMO trolley watch revealed that 309 patients were waiting in the emergency department, while 118 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
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83 people were waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick while 55 waited at Cork University Hospital.
37 admitted patients were waiting on beds in the emergency department of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.
At both University Hospital Galway and Sligo University Hospital, 27 admitted patients were waiting for beds.
24 patients were waiting for beds at St Vincent's University Hospital and 23 waited at Naas General Hospital.
