It would probably make some sense to reintroduce some restrictions but to be honest they wouldn't be necessary on any of the services I use which are normally the 0545 Sligo to Connolly and the 1805 Connolly to Longford. The latter is usually standing room only to Maynooth but would be fine after that. The morning train would be quite important for people trying to make hospital appointments.
If you look at it holistically, it is probably a relatively cheap way of keeping elderly people active and it also provides a political fig-leaf when they need to cut back rural medical services. But I would guess that there will be some requirement for a bit of blood sacrifice in this area to satisfy our Lords and Masters in the Troika.
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