On train announcements, too long, too often, too loud.

[Kilocharlie]

It is normal on commuter and suburban services, to Portlaoise, Athlone etc, to have abbreviated announcements only announcing the next stop and the actual stop as the train arrives. There is the usual non-smoking annoucement as well.

As for the welcome messages, these often start playing before the train has actually stopped so that boarding passengers will even hear it!