“Very sick patients are being placed on trolleys not just in clinically inappropriate spaces such as infection control wards, but also unsafe spaces such as in front of fire points and fire exits," said the INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha.

George A. Wellwood, Bay Cottage, Oldtown, Abbeyleix died peacefully on Sunday 2 February at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in his 96th year. George was predeceased by his parents Joseph and Martha and his brother Allan.