Dereliction and attacks in Dublin city centre 'a national embarrassment', says TD

Talbot Street in Dublin where an American tourist was assaulted. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Dublin city centre has become a “national embarrassment” due to dereliction and recent attacks, Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy has said.

The Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs said that the city centre has become “dangerous, derelict and run down” in recent years.