Prostitutes moving to city centre in numbers

PROSTITUTES are moving into Limerick city centre in increasing numbers, Garda figures for the first eight months of this year confirm.

A total of 37 arrests have been made since January 1 for prostitution and the operation of brothels in the city centre.

One businessman in Catherine Street, who asked not to be named said yesterday: “On any given night there can be anything up to 15 prostitutes looking for clients on the street outside our business. They usually come at around 8pm. It has got very bad in recent weeks. From what I am hearing most are Romanian girls.”