Councillor Peggy Nolan is warning that the beds must be made available ahead of the expected winter trolley crisis.

30 patients are waiting on trolleys while another 20 are waiting in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Nationally, University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding, with 82 patients on trolleys.

Ella Casey is featured in an IFA Farm Safety video telling her story of being overcome by fumes following slurry agitating

Just over 11,000 were on the waiting list for Mullingar hospital, representing an 80% increase since 2015.

Plans submitted to Westmeath County Council seek the construction of a new 54 bed extension to the hospital at Ballinderry.

Staff from the Irish Heart Foundation will be meeting TD's and Senators at Leinster House today

A major fundraising effort was undertaken by Friends of Mullingar Hospital to purchase the machine.