Booking is restricted to a proportion of seats available, starts with 36 seats and works up to 144 seats on all routes other than Dublin Cork where its 207 standard seats. The 06:00 is 72 seats or 144 seats depending on the day. It is unclear if the train was simply sold out or booking wasn't available full stop. Booking office in Kilkenny wouldn't know either way
10 euro fares are not available to book on the day of travel and must be booked in advance. Booking by definition is first come first served, as tickets are sold the fare increases towards the maximum online fare (%50 of std return fare) Irish Rail is not under any legal or contract obligation to offer reservations or online ticket sales so we have no legal basis to challenge them
There are ongoing issues on Mondays due to a lack of trains on Sunday evening resulting in a short train being in place in Waterford. 12 coaches are out of service due accident damage, some in Glasgow for repair, some in Korea being rebuilt.
Regardless of the resource problems its not acceptable particularly as Monday is the busiest morning and as always Irish Rail won't communicate this to anyone
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