23-year-old Yousef Palani, of Markievicz Heights in Sligo, also admitted causing serious harm to another man the day before he killed his first victim.

Mullingar Hospital has also enacted their escalation procedures this morning, as 19 patients are waiting onsite.

Due to engineering works between Boyle and Sligo, some services will operate bus transfers between Carrick on Shannon and Sligo.

Hospitals across the Shannonside region are currently dealing with a total of 76 patients on trolleys.

Met Eireann says the county will see intense rainfall over a relatively short amount of time from 11am until 6pm.

The reduced 9 percent rate for tourism, hospitality and some other services returned to 13.5 percent at midnight.

The Commission's report is a damning indictment of the deepening crisis in our mental health services.

Galway University Hospital has the second highest figure nationally at 48, with the third worst affected hospital being Sligo with 40 people currently waiting for admission.