Update 2.05pm: The Emergency Department Taskforce will meet on Monday to discuss hospital overcrowding. It is one of the measures announced after a meeting between the HSE and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. Update 12.30pm: INMO representatives meeting with HSE to discuss overcrowdingNurse representatives are meeting with the HSE to discuss hospital overcrowding. According to INMO figures, 483 patients are on trolleys today, down from a high of 677 on Wednesday. The Irish Medical Organisation says the Taoiseach and the Finance Minister must commit the necessary funding to end the trolley crisis.

Source: Irish Examiner January 05, 2018 07:38 UTC