East Cork councillors call for Irish Rail to source more carriages for peak services

East Cork councillors have called on Irish Rail to urgently source additional carriages from overseas to tackle overcrowding on peak-time services between Midleton and Cork.

The service has been described as so overcrowded that, tongue-in-cheek, one councillor suggested Irish Rail might need to employ security staff like those used on the Tokyo underground to push commuters into packed trains.

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