Calls have been made for the activation of an emergency plan at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) where 126 patients were lying on trolleys yesterday.  The highest level of overcrowding ever recorded in any Irish hospital. For more on this Shane spoke to Sinn Fein TD for Limerick, Maurice Quinlivan.

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