Litter and dumping remains endemic in Dublin's North Inner City, according to the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey.

Labour TD Joe Costello confirmed Ireland's worst blackspot is Sheriff Street.

Mr Costello said: "The two most littered areas in the country are right in the heart of the capital city is a sad reflection on the approach to urban development in recent decades by the local authority and the various Government 'Celtic Tiger' tax incentive schemes that focused on property rather than people.

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"Now with the major development of a new Technological College (DIT) in Grangegorman in Dublin 7 and with NAMA about to spend in the region of €1 billion on a new phase of Dockland development in Dublin 1, it is essential that the people of the North Inner City are not left behind again and that areas that have been allowed to become rundown are renewed.

"Dublin City Council, Irish Business Against Litter, DIT and NAMA with local business and community organisations can together change the face of the Inner City."

(CD/JP)