Almost 5000 people died in the country's emergency departments in the last 5 years.
Cork University Hospital saw the highest number of fatalities in it's ED, with 158 people, up 49 on 5 years ago.
A new report from the Irish Medical Times shows over 1000 of those deaths happened last year alone, 200 more than in 2019.
Author of the report Michael McHale says numbers are increasing across the board:
"The numbers of people who have been dying in ED'S across the country has been rising. In fact, in 17 of the country's 26 EDS, they've seen rising rates in 2023 compared to 2019. "
