Limerick businesses damaged by red-light notoriety
The area is known as the Fashion Quarter for its high-quality boutiques, and retail lodgments from local shops go into banks and are subject to tax scrutiny.
However, a portion of the tens of thousands of euro which changes hands on this street makes its way to human trafficking gangs via cash transfer outlets. This cash is the earnings from the very open prostitution trade which has crept onto Catherine St over the past four years.
