About us
Who We Are
Go-Ahead Ireland (GAI) is a leading public transport provider, running services under contract to the National Transport Authority since September 2018. At present, Go-Ahead Ireland operates 34 routes in total.
Our Outer Dublin Metropolitan Area (ODMA) and W-Route services operate from our depot in Ballymount, while our Dublin Commuter (DCOM) services, which consist of five routes, are based in Naas. Accumulated, Go-Ahead Irelands has a fleet of over 225 buses and a team of over 800+ resilient local team members.
GAI is dedicated to investing in the community and is the title sponsor of the Dublin GAA Leagues and Championships which puts us at the forefront of the communities we serve and demonstrates our strong commitment to the local area.
GAI celebrated five years in public transport service operations in 2024. Over the past five years, Go-Ahead Ireland has provided safe, accessible, and reliable public transport services to millions of people throughout Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, and Meath. Working alongside the National Transport Authority (NTA) and other public transport operators, Go-Ahead Ireland has firmly established itself as part of the region’s public transport network and the communities that it serves.
Our Background
We are part of The Go-Ahead Group, an international transport group established three decades ago. They now provide rail services in Norway and bus contracts in Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The Go-Ahead Group employs nearly 25,000 people worldwide, with a strong emphasis on local people running their local companies.
Go-Ahead Ireland began operating in the greater Dublin region in 2018, running its first service, the 175 on Sunday 9th September at 09:11AM. Since 2018, we have grown to a team of more than 800 colleagues running 33 routes throughout the Greater Dublin Area.
In 2023, Go-Ahead Ireland also reported a 33% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers, the highest percentage increase in the capital. Its commuter services also carried over two million passengers in 2023, a 54% year-on-year increase and one of the highest outside of Dublin city centre.
Our Mission
As a leading public transport operator, our Mission is simple: to connect communities today and tomorrow. We do this by caring for our customer, our community, our people, our assets, and the environment.
Our People
Go-Ahead Ireland is made up of over 800 local team members who work to ensure that the services we deliver to communities throughout Ireland are operating. As a team, they work to make sure that we continue to connect communities today and tomorrow.