The INMO have highlighted the growing number of assaults on healthcare staff in the last year.

A Government spokesperson said the strategy pre-dated this date, and was pursued by successive Governments.

The matter was raised in the Dail this week.

General manager with RHS Homecare, Patrick Towey, says carers worked on the frontline during the COVID pandemic and the continuing delays have affected staff morale.

Brendan Barry says a review of the service is currently underway.

360 people are waiting on trolleys in emergency departments this morning.

A treating neurologist says it can be taken into account that the vaccine could have caused her illness "in the absence of all other explanations."

It comes as part of efforts to find solutions to overcrowding at hospitals including Sligo.