We're being warned that the trolley crisis in our hospitals will not be resolved without additional beds being made available across the health system.
The Irish Medical Organisation is this morning responding to yesterday's figures, which showed there were 523 people waiting on trolleys or for admission to a ward in hospitals across the country.
That's up from 518 people the day before.
Trevor Duffy - president of the IMO - says while the numbers going through Emergency Departments is up at this time of year, the demand on beds does not change from one month to the next:
