People living in Dublin have the fifth longest commuting times in the EU, according to new analysis of the 2016 European Quality of Life Survey.

Nearly a third of motorists are spending more time in their daily commute than they were 12 months ago, according to an AA Car Insurance survey.

More than 40% of commuters would take a pay cut to work closer to home, according to an online survey carried out by two county councils..

A friend of mine was discussing work recently. He was observing the challenges and opportunities associated with the chronic commuting times that many people have to endure around Dublin.

Inextricably tied to home ownership, access to suburban commuter lines, and the increasing gridlock in our major cities, commuting to and from work has become one of the more persistent purgatories of modern life in Ireland. ‘Commuting hell’ is one of the phrases of our time.

The number of people commuting to work, school, or college rose by more than 9% in the five years up to April 2016 — but it is taking us longer to get to where we are going, according to the latest census release.

Irish people find public transport harder to use than our European neighbours do.

They are ’mortgage refugees’, ‘semigrants’ or simply a new breed of commuter, writes Dan Buckley.