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Acquisitions (Details 3) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Consideration paid for acquisitions        
Consideration paid at closing $ 2,330us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInterestInJointVenture      
Customer relationship intangible assets        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets        
Weighted average life of customer relationship assets associated with acquisitions 17 years 17 years 22 years  
Other International Business | Russia, Ukraine and Denmark        
Consideration paid for acquisitions        
Purchase price       24,500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Consideration paid at closing       17,900us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInterestInJointVenture
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Consideration payable at 2017       2,100irm_ConsiderationtoacquireNoncontrollingInterestToBePayableIn2017
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Consideration payable at 2020       4,500irm_ConsiderationtoacquireNoncontrollingInterestToBePayableIn2020
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Value of shares owned by joint venture partners       11,950irm_NoncontrollingInterestInConsiderationPaidJointVenturePartners
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Payment of outstanding loan       $ 5,950irm_PaymentOfOutstandingLoan
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