Simplest solution is you can only drink what is sold onboard, it might be expensive but then again you can't walk into a pub with a case of cheap beer and drink away. Compared to some nightclubs the beer onboard isn't actually that pricy
Irish Rail really don't care, I've seen security and ticket checkers let people through platform gates despite being clearly drunk and carrying additional 'supplies'
I've no problem with someone have a beer, wine etc on a intercity train, I have a serious problem with the crew who show up with a case of cheap warm beer and proceed to get hammered
Solution up north is very simple, all internal trains are drink free, anyone with a open container which either is or believe to be alcohol will get thrown off or fined. Irish Rail management think they have this power, they don't.
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