The North Inner City is the only area of the country to be branded 'seriously littered', according to a new survey.
The latest litter survey from Irish Businesses Against Litter has found the area comes in last place when it comes to cleanliness, with the city centre ranked just one position above it.
Galway was the only city deemed 'clean', while Naas in County Kildare won the crown for cleanest town.
The survey found a fall in the number of plastic bottles and cans on the streets around the country, following the introduction of the deposit return scheme earlier this year.
However, that wasn't enough to improve litter levels overall, with things remaining much the same as in 2023.
In all, 60% of the towns and cities surveyed were deemed ‘clean’.
According to the inspectors, “vast quantities of loose food and alcohol related litter had been discarded” near Emmet Road in Dublin, while Sherrard Street Upper in the Inner City suffered from “bags of domestic rubbish, the contents of which have been ripped open and scattered about”.
Another blackspot was Crinian Strand, a short stretch of housing “with large household items e.g. mattresses / furniture discarded along the pavement, along with at least a dozen black sacks of rubbish - the contents of which were being scavenged by seagulls.”
Other areas in Dublin to place on the list of 40s areas include Ballymun, at 34th, Tallaght at 30th, Dublin Airport Environs at 24th and Blanchardstown at 6th.
