INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha, said: “The number of patients we have seen on trolleys in the month of May are higher than January 2023, when we saw the worst levels of daily hospital overcrowding since the INMO began counting trolleys."

The Government has agreed to increase the maximum sentence for those convicted of assault on hospital staff, prison officers, of the fire brigade, ambulance workers, and of the Defence Forces