Staffing at country stations

[PLUMB LOCO]

Just returned from a visit to my local station - on the Connolly/Rosslare line - given a tour of, and update on, the state of the station by the ex.signalman now depotman. The timber fencing, recently erected as part of the upgrading of the station, is being systematically removed by unknown parties, a local horse owning 'enthusiast' now walks his horses along the track and up onto the platform as part of a shortcut (I saw the evidence), there had been attempts to jemmy open three doors of the station building with a bar and a nearby container had been recently used by somebody sleeping rough. All this takes place at a station that is staffed during operating hours - can you imagine the state it would end up in if unstaffed as some of the posters to this forum seem to think is a progressive policy?