Hospitals in the Midwest have bucked the national trend when it comes to the level of overcrowding in March.
The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show a fall in the number of people waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick and Ennis General last month.
However, the figures at Dooradoyle remain some of the highest in Ireland.
Nurses say 699 people were left waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick in March, down from 710 in the same month last year.
But the figures, which have been compiled by the INMO, are among the highest experienced in the Dooradoyle facility for that month.
Ennis General Hospital saw a similar drop in figures – there were 14 fewer people on trolleys there last month, than in March 2016.
This is despite a rise in overcrowding at hospitals elsewhere in the country.
The INMO says over 9,400 patients admitted for in-patient care found themselves on trolleys, the highest ever figure for this time of year.
