According to the organisation’s latest tallies for all major hospitals across the country, the worst-performing hospitals are Cork University Hospital and St Vincent’s University Hospital. University Hospital Limerick. Photo: Don MoloneyThe total number of patients recorded as waiting on trolleys for treatment in these hospitals today amounts to 127, 90 and 63 respectively. They are followed by with University Hospital Galway with 60, Sligo University Hospital on 57, Mayo University Hospital on 34, Letterkenny University Hospital on 32 and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda on 25. “Yet again we are seeing huge numbers of patients being admitted to hospital without a bed today,” INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said in a statement.

Source: Irish Independent January 14, 2026 01:07 UTC