Baby on board: drive to creche and work takes up to 40 minutes

IRISH working parents are spending over one hour and 15 minutes on the daily round trip to childcare, work and back again.

The average journey to work for parents is 38 minutes with most people travelling for 12 minutes to drop off their child and then another 26 minutes before they reach their workplace.

With pre-school children, the average commute increases to 42 minutes each way, the Irish Examiner survey showed.