My experiences with A&E in Tallaght hospital reflect yours Liaconn.
I have experienced horrors there with my family and/or in laws. My mothers wheelchair was stolen from her by a junkie while she lay on a trolley in a crowded hallway, my father in law was left terrified on a trolley in corridor with a dislocated hip for hours while junkies and drunks ran amok around him, I personally witnessed a drunk punch a nurse in the face while she was trying to stitch his face back up after a fight, an uncle had a heart attack, was left on a trolley with no blankets or pillow, for 3 days.
Its truly horrendous.