Dublin City Council announced a raft of new measures to tackle the filth in the city centre after they were blasted for failing to keep streets and outdoor amenities clean.
There was outrage after weekend revellers left piles of discarded cans, bottles, coffee cups and pizza boxes along the Grand Canal two weeks ago. There were also complaints of grimy grease-stained streets and urine soaked alleyways in the media and from politicians.
Council official John Flanagan told councillors up to 100 staff are cleaning streets 24/7, labour crews and contractors washing streets at nights during the week and weekends as well as three more street washing vehicles coming on stream.
