Nationally, University Hospital Limerick has the highest number of patients on trolleys, at 120.

The victim has been named locally as Tom Mulhern, from Ardcarne, Cootehall, Boyle, who was well known in the horse industry.

A car and a Jeep crashed on the N4 at Ardcarne at around 1.20pm. 

A man aged in his 70s was taken to Sligo University Hospital with serious injuries.

There are currently 40 patients waiting for a bed at the North West Hospital according to the INMO.

Gardaí investigations are ongoing.

Sligo University Hospital, meanwhile, has a total of 16,000 people on waiting lists.

The man in his 40s, was hiking with a friend, when he slipped while climbing a gully above the Ben Bulben Forest Walk.