Patients presenting at hospital ED's across the region are experiencing delays.
There are 48 patients on trolleys at Sligo University Hospital, the second most overcrowded in the country today.
35 patients are waiting for a bed at University Hospital Galway and 27 at Mayo University Hospital.
Nationally, 401 patients are waiting on trolleys at Irish hospitals with the highest figures at University Hospital Limerick, where 81 patients are on trolleys.
