private industry car rental founded dublin ireland 1984 headquarters dublin ireland 1984 area served ireland number of employees 108 1 website irish car rentals irish car rentals is a car rental company headquartered in santry dublin that provides car rental services in ireland . the irish car rentals is the owner of gocar the first car sharing service in ireland and has the europcar franchise in ireland . 2 3 4 the company was founded in 1984 and is one of the top 100 transport companies in ireland . 1 in 2014 the company was transferred to the executive trust limited which also owns carhire.ie . before that irish car rentals used to operate as a subsidiary of icr motor group limited . 5 contents 1 locations 2 gocar acquisition 3 europcar 4 references 5 external links locations edit dublin airport dublin city centre dublin city south cork airport shannon airport knock airport kerry airport cavan portlaoise kilkenny waterford cork city centre navan drogheda sligo galway city naas gocar acquisition edit during june 2012 gocar was relaunched in the mansion house dublin by the lord mayor of dublin andrew montague . irish car rentals acquired the 80 % stakes of the company resulting in giving it buying power for expansion of gocar . 3 by 2016 gocar expanded from 10 cars in 2008 to 165 cars and 8 vans . 6 the membership of gocar is over 5 000 people . 7 europcar edit irish car rentals owns the franchise of europcar in ireland . 8 the association offers more than 5 500 cars in ireland at more than 16 places major among which are dublin airport dublin city centre and cork city . 9 10 in 2013 the europcar ireland reported an 11 % increase in its peak fleet numbers to more than 5 000 vehicles and surpassed 900 000 rental days . 11 companies portal references edit a b irish car rentals . the irish times top 1000 . retrieved 10 october 2014 . keenan mark 5 june 2012 . gocar to emulate bike share scheme with 3m investment . business irish . retrieved 10 october 2014 . a b doyle carmel 20 june 2012 . car sharing platform gocar to put 200 cars on roads by end of 2013 . silicon republic . retrieved 10 october 2014 . irish car rentals . car rental council of ireland . retrieved 10 october 2014 . company overview of irish car rentals limited . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 10 october 2014 . reinventing everything except the wheel . business and leadership . 2016 05 01 . retrieved 2016 10 06 . gocar is continuing to expand . irish independent . 2016 03 20 . retrieved 2016 10 06 . car rental affiliate programme . irish car rentals . retrieved 14 october 2014 . drive what you like when you like with lee garage and europcar . the cork news . 12 september 2014 . retrieved 14 october 2014 . europcar franchises to open in cavan and waterford . business & finance . 6 february 2014 . retrieved 14 october 2014 . europcar ireland reports growth and expansion in 2013 . business & leadership . 3 january 2014 . retrieved 14 october 2014 . external links edit irish car 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