UHG is country's most overcrowded hospital today

Galway Bay fm newsroom - University Hospital Galway is the country's most overcrowded hospital today, for the second time in three days

There are 55 patients waiting in the emergency department at the city acute hospital.

St Vincent's Hospital Dublin is the second most overcrowded with 39 people waiting in the ED and on wards.

The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show 388 admitted patients are waiting for beds nationwide

353 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 35 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.