Dark side of the city: 'The only place heroin is taking you is down into the gutter'

Cork city is in the grips of an epidemic. Heroin use is rampant on the streets, with users taking the drug in the open, not caring who can see them. However, many are trying to get out of the habit, writes Liz Dunphy

Eyelashes singed from burning a flame too close to his face, a young man collapses on a bench outside a city-centre cafe.