The national figures show 5,428 deaths in Emergency Departments nationwide in the past five years.

The new beds are part of the national Acute Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion plan which will bring 3,352 new beds according to the Minister for Health.

Nationally, there were 683 patients waiting on trolleys with the INMO describing the 'predictable' Bank Holiday surge as 'incredibly dangerous'.

There are sixteen patients waiting on trolleys at Portiuncula Hospital and 32 waiting for a bed in Sligo.

Nationally, almost 123,000 people were left of a hospital trolley last year.

Nationally, Limerick University Hospital is facing 112 people in their ED this morning.

According to the latest INMO figures, there are 14 people currently waiting in the Emergency Department in Sligo and 26 people waiting for a bed overall. Mullingar has 12 patients in its Emergency Department.

5,210 patients have been without a bed in Irish hospitals since the beginning of September.