The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says it's worried about the impact the winter season will have on hospital overcrowding as August has already been identified as one of the worst since Trolley Watch began.
Cork University Hospital was again the second most overcrowded hospital in the country with 984 patients treated on trolleys at the facility last month.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says there is no doubt that this winter is going to continue the pattern of difficult and dangerous times in our hospitals.
Speaking to RedFM News Colm Porter of the INMO in Cork says the numbers have been alarmingly high this summer and members are worried ahead of the winter period:
