Europcar
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‘Paying €9 to use a car just when you need it makes cost-effective sense’
- Transport & Tourism
- September 2, 2020, 05:20
Do you really need to own a car? It’s a question raised by many motorists during the Covid-19 crisis as they watch an expensive asset sitting idle on (...)

Welltel acquires Intellicom in €5.5m deal
- Technology
- August 10, 2020, 05:40
Dublin-based communications company Welltel has acquired Irish voice and data services business Intellicom in a €5.5 million deal. The acquisition, w(...)

Three helping DCU Alpha start-ups build IoT solutions
- Sponsored
- April 30, 2020, 02:15
Co-located with Dublin City University, DCU Alpha is a research-intensive innovation campus with a particular focus on internet of things (IoT) techno(...)

Irish software group Glantus acquires US company in deal valued at $5m
- Technology
- February 24, 2020, 13:55
Irish analytics software company Glantus has continued on its acquisitive streak, buying California-headquartered JPD Financial to further automate cr(...)

New car-sharing scheme to put 400 all-electric cars on Dublin streets
- Transport & Tourism
- February 4, 2019, 16:48
Danish car-sharing company Green Mobility is to set up a scheme in Dublin this year with a fleet of 400 electric cars. Competing with GoCar, owned by(...)

Caveat: Time to put the brakes on dodgy car hire operators
- Transport & Tourism
- June 28, 2018, 17:31
Is there another major consumer-facing industry that is plagued by as many shoddy operators as the car hire sector? Many of the biggest brands have u(...)

Bennett unlucky to be denied third stage win in Giro d’Italia
- Other Sports
- May 18, 2018, 21:50
Sam Bennett may have been the fastest rider in the sprint on Friday’s 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia, but the Irishman ran out of luck in a complicat(...)

Europcar to boost presence in low-cost market with Goldcar deal
- Transport & Tourism
- June 19, 2017, 17:48
French car rental company Europcar has announced the acquisition of Goldcar in order to bolster its presence in the low-cost and leisure markets. The(...)

Europcar Group to buy out its Irish franchisee in new strategy
- Transport & Tourism
- December 13, 2016, 06:44
Europcar is buying out its Irish franchisee as the vehicle rental group pushes further into car sharing and seeks to increase the number of businesses(...)

Holiday car hire: a road full of potential pitfalls
- Consumer
- May 16, 2016, 06:00
Car hire can be very handy when you are on your holidays. It can also be very stressful and very costly if you get it wrong. For decades car-hire com(...)