Who’s minding the children: Meet the grandparents

GRANDPARENTS are acting as unpaid babysitters saving parents thousands in childcare fees.

In Dublin, if grandparents provide a free full-time childminding service, savings on creche fees are almost €9,000 per annum.

This is based on an average full-time creche fee of €724 per month in the capital, according to the findings of an Irish Examiner/Lansdowne Market Research (LMR) poll, the first of its kind.