"Every woman out there is in danger because of these junkies working the streets. A girl got her face kicked in recently in Fitzwilliam Square. A lot of women are frightened.
"We've said there will be murder yet between the junkies. They sit around on the canal intimidating other women. You've got a young woman feeding an addiction - her addiction and her boyfriend's and sometimes his friend. The guards just search them and let them off.
"We're used to coming down and doing our own thing. But young ones will come with their fellas. They couldn't come into our patch on their own. Benburb Street used to be the place for junkies, but because Collins Barracks is a museum the guards have started moving them on.
"There's an awful lot of uneasiness about. The number of junkies in the last six years has multiplied. When I started 17 or 18 years ago there were only four or five on the streets. And every one knew who they were.
"Now there are more of them than straight women. And they don't care where they go or what they do. It's impossible for them to see any further than their nose when they're looking for a fix.
"Some women carry blades, knives or a snooker ball in a sock. But they can be used on you because by the time you get to your bag you can be done. And if you carry anything you can be done for carrying an offensive weapon by the guards. A lot of women are being arrested for prostitution. Some are on their second or third fine. "Because the World Cup is on it's very quiet. Every man is in the pub or at home watching matches. So we might come out and only do one client and then go home. But the junkies have to get money, whatever's going on. "As soon as I heard on the radio about the murder in that area I knew she must have been a prostitute. I didn't know her. But I might have known her to see. The majority of women who work that end are the younger ones. It's very dark, it's isolated and there's not a lot of people around.
"If we report attacks to the guards you're more or less told that you shouldn't be down there in the first place. After this they'll be swarming round the place for weeks. But they should have been listening to the women when they told them what was going on.
"I'll be going out tonight. I'll be worried, but there's no choice. There'll be three or four of us out and we'll see what happens."