There are no advertisements for any service except for the seat booking which ensures you a seat thus gets around the overcrowding. All there is a timetable, so you can't get them on advertising
There is no legal limit, well to be precise no legal way to enforce a limit. There is a design limit set down by the manufacturer of the coach and I have never seen an incident where a coach loaded beyond the design limit since its physically impossible unless we all wore lead belts
This is not a Irish problem its Europe wide, though France is a notable exception since they wont let you on without a reservation (note the Germans don't enforce this kind of policy). Here is the scenario you board the train find it full, no one is forcing you to get on thus the person who get on with the knowledge of not getting a seat is the person who creates the problem
Where a train is designed for standing passengers, e.g. DART railcar etc we have no objection to standing once it doesn't exceed say 30 minutes. Standing on intercity services is not acceptable but there is another problem say the last train to X leaves at time Y train is fully seated do you refuse further passengers who are accepting of the fact they will have to stand
This Jason guy who held the train up is most likely guilty of obstructing a train under section 119a of the Rail Safety Act also guilty of refusing to leave a train upon request of a IE employee under SI109 1984
The actual problem here is why on earth is the 16:25 calling at Hazelhatch, Sallins and Newbridge, if those stops where eliminated there wouldn't be a problem
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