# overcrowding - Saturday 30 April, 2022
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
There was record-breaking overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick in April.
# overcrowding - Saturday 26 March, 2022
# Mayo
# Mayo
The INMO said face mask mandates need to be reintroduced.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 23 March, 2022
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
A record 100 patients were on trolleys in corridors today in the hospital’s Emergency Department and on general wards.
# overcrowding - Monday 21 March, 2022
# INMO
# INMO
HSE boss Paul Reid said today that people being reinfected with Covid-19 is not an unusual occurrence.
# overcrowding - Monday 14 March, 2022
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
A total of 1,042 patients are in hospital with Covid-19 currently.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 2 March, 2022
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
One source said ambulance crews were “marooned” in the hospital today as there weren;t enough trolleys to hand patients over to staff.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
Nearly 600 people were waiting in hospitals around the country for a bed this morning.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 2 February, 2022
# Overcrowding
A new study has suggested that one extra death may be caused for every 82 people waiting more than five hours. The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has said that five hour waits are "normal" within Irish hospitals. Investment in beds is what's needed according to doctors, writes Rónán Duffy.
# overcrowding - Monday 13 December, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
Today’s trolley figures have returned to similar pre-pandemic figures hit in 2019.
# overcrowding - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
409 admitted patients were waiting for beds in hospitals across the country this morning.
# overcrowding - Monday 1 November, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
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# overcrowding - Tuesday 19 October, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
Taoiseach Micheal Martin said said that close to 938 beds are to be ‘delivered’ by the end of the year.
# overcrowding - Tuesday 31 August, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The INMO stated that 63 patients were waiting on trolleys in CUH today.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 28 July, 2021
# University Hospital Limerick
# University Hospital Limerick
Members say that UHL had 52 patients on trolleys this morning, despite gaining more than 110 new beds since January.
# overcrowding - Friday 18 June, 2021
# Health Service
# Health Service
The union said that some hospitals are approaching pre-pandemic levels of overcrowding.
# overcrowding - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
376 admitted patients went without beds across Ireland this morning.
# overcrowding - Friday 23 April, 2021
# Emergency Department
# Emergency Department
The hospital group responded to calls from the INMO for a Hiqa investigation into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick
# overcrowding - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# Limerick
# Limerick
A total of 283 patients attended the Limerick ED in the 24 hours to 8am today.
# overcrowding - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Trolleys
# Trolleys
The organisation said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus”.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 8 January, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Why are we fighting the battles of the past rather than honouring the ideals of the Republic?
# overcrowding - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The Mater was the hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys in Dublin yesterday morning, according to the INMO.
# overcrowding - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Health Service
# Health Service
There were 92 patients waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick, alone.
# overcrowding - Thursday 2 January, 2020
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The government has repeatedly said a recruitment freeze is not in operation.
# Hospital Overcrowding
# Hospital Overcrowding
Over 1,300 of the patients were children younger than 16.
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The PeakTime website was launched to try to reduce overcrowding on carriages during rush-hour.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
# overcrowding - Monday 25 November, 2019
# Uhl
# Uhl
Some 85 patients were without beds in University Hospital Limerick this morning.
# overcrowding - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The number of patients on trolleys is the second highest ever recorded.
# overcrowding - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Commuters
# Commuters
Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry said ‘stagger your journeys’ message isn’t practical for working people.
# overcrowding - Monday 23 September, 2019
# Peak Times
# Peak Times
A new website will allow commuters to check what services are less crowded.
# overcrowding - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Primary Schools
# Primary Schools
More than a fifth of registered primary pupils in the recent school year were in overcrowded classes.
# overcrowding - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
# ALTAMIRA
# ALTAMIRA
Improvised knives appear to have been used in the turf war between rival prison gangs.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
An outbreak of infection earlier this year saw eight babies affected – with the death of one infant referred to the coroner.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
# In America
# In America
A report from the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security was published yesterday.
# overcrowding - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
An outbreak of infection recently saw eight babies affected – with the death of one infant referred to the coroner.
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The maternity hospital is earmarked to relocate to Blanchardstown but it doesn’t know when that will be.
# overcrowding - Tuesday 18 June, 2019
# Bug Outbreak
# Bug Outbreak
Intensive care unit saw outbreak of infection affect eight babies – with the death of one infant referred to coroner.
# overcrowding - Saturday 25 May, 2019
# Nepal
# Nepal
Robin Fisher’s death follows that of Irishman Kevin Hynes who died yesterday.
# overcrowding - Thursday 2 May, 2019
# Criminal
# Criminal
The prison population in Ireland has seen the number of inmates rise by hundreds in Irish prisons over the past three years.
# overcrowding - Friday 26 April, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘We are delighted to come and spend our savings on courses and accommodation but we need help to get set up. None of us wants to sleep on the streets,’ writes Ana Marta Gonçalves.