Local hospitals have been seeing a massive spike in people attending with flu and other respiratory conditions over the winter period.

The data provides a breakdown of the total amount of patients waiting on trolleys and in wards in hospitals across the country.

The INMO have reported this morning that 17 patients at Portiuncla Hospital were waiting on trolleys whilst 22 in Sligo University Hospital were without a bed.

Nationally, 593 patients were waiting for a bed in hospital this morning.

University Hospital Limerick is again the busiest in the country with 83 people waiting today.

Across the region, 56 people are waiting for admission at local hospitals in the Shannonside Region.

University Hospital Limerick is once again the worst affected facility in the country today

Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe currently has 21 people waiting for a bed.