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# Overcrowding

All time
Almost 60,000 people waited on trolleys in Emergency Departments last year
9 Jan 2014
4.7k
29
374: Number of patients on hospital trolleys at highest in months
8 Jan 2014
7.0k
32
Big increase in number of women being sent to jail
21 Nov 2013
8.6k
75
'Peru 2' transferred to prison notorious for overcrowding
14 Oct 2013
23.6k
87
'Constant and unacceptable level of overcrowding' at Cork prison
7 Jun 2013
4.8k
51
Family of Gary Douch plead for closure in Mountjoy death probe
2 Jun 2013
9.6k
10
A&E wards could be shut over looming staff shortages, doctors warn
23 May 2013
9.3k
59
Nurses to track hospital overcrowding
8 Apr 2013
5.6k
29
Emergency medics lash out as trolley numbers hit eight-month high
9 Jan 2013
5.5k
18
'Grave concerns' over controversial HSE plan to fire hospital staff
22 Aug 2012
7.3k
40
Prisoners on temporary release will 'pose no risk to public' insists Shatter
1 May 2012
2.0k
42
Dramatic 45 per cent increase in numbers sent to prison
30 Apr 2012
3.3k
47
Hospital warns of overcrowding crisis - and asks public to stay away
29 Mar 2012
2.5k
15
Column: 7 essential ways to fix our broken prison system
Eoin Carroll
15 Mar 2012
189
58
Call for radical change in Irish prison policy
15 Mar 2012
2.5k
18
Inspector's report finds Limerick Prison 'has made progress'
12 Mar 2012
1.8k
3
Government considering construction of replacement Cork prison
29 Feb 2012
2.7k
31
Paediatric emergency ward overcrowding at 'alarming levels', warns health group
22 Feb 2012
1.2k
12
Limerick Hospital so overcrowded that it is “unsafe”
7 Feb 2012
2.5k
24
Emergency department shutdown 'will worsen overcrowding' in Cork
13 Oct 2011
923
9
Overcrowding making conditions "almost unbearable" in Galway hospital - INMO
11 Oct 2011
544
13
Plan to cut prison numbers by boosting community service
2 Oct 2011
394
11
Nurses set for work stoppage at Limerick's Mid-Western hospital
28 Sep 2011
227
4
Simple change to hospital management could save hundreds of lives - doctors
26 Sep 2011
706
18
Some non-critical facilities to be moved from Galway hospital
31 Aug 2011
495
4
Elderly patients forced to ‘wait on floor’ at Galway hospital
30 Aug 2011
953
12
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
25 Aug 2011
548
2
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
8 Aug 2011
3.1k
13
HIQA should investigate standards at ALL overcrowded emergency services
27 Jun 2011
284
1
In Pictures: Riots leave at least three dead in Venezuelan prisons
20 Jun 2011
335
1
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