24 people on trolleys at Kildare's main hospital today

There are 61 people on trolleys at another hospital in the area

Two dozen people are being treated on trolleys at Naas Hospital today, having been admitted through the accident and emergency department.

But the most overcrowded facility in the eastern region is St Vincent's Hospital which has 61 people on trolleys, followed by Tallaght Hospital which reported an overcrowding figure of 28.

There were no patients on trolleys at Tullamore Hospital while Portlaoise Hospital had an overcrowding figure of five.

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