Critics fear the health service is on its knees as latest figures from both the HSE and the INMO show 2022 was the worst year on record for overcrowding.
The Health Service Executive said today's trolley numbers in hospital emergency departments had soared to more than double – as high as 108% more than last year.
The Irish Nurses’ and Midwives’ Organisation warned it will only get worse and claimed the crisis is putting patients’ lives in danger.
