'I will end you': The dangers of selling sex in Ireland
2021-02-01
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You don’t know who I am in Limerick. I will end you,” the man spat down angrily into Barbara Babeurre’s face as she attempted to push him out the door, trying not to inhale the stench of his armpits.
“I thought he was going to beat the shit out of me,” Ms Babeurre said.
“I told him I’d call the guards when he refused to leave and he said, &lsquo .....
59 prosecuted in Ireland for paying for sex
2021-01-28
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There have been 59 people prosecuted for paying for sex with a prostitute since it became illegal nearly four years ago.
According to Freedom of Information files, the offences allegedly took place in eight different counties.
Since April 2017, it has been illegal to buy sexual services from a prostitute and figures released by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) show there were n .....
Essensual workers Over half of sex workers still engage in intimate work
2021-01-25
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MORE than 50 per cent of sex workers are still having to work amid the Covid-19 pandemic while a fresh influx of women have turned to prostitution to survive after being laid off due to the lockdown.
Sex worker Kate McGrew opens up to us about how lockdown measures left them faced with the difficult choice of social-distancing with no income or continuing to carry out in-person work out of n .....
The life and crimes of brothel boss Martin 'The Beast' Morgan
2020-11-21
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Brothel boss Martin ‘The Beast’ Morgan is now facing extradition and arrest after trying to dodge handing over three-months' worth of ill-gotten gains.
The fallout from that arrest continued this week in the High Court where a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
The Beast failed to pay €243,000 which had been calculated as the profit he made from the brothel bet .....