Sex Work

Northern Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex has had "minimal to no effect" on demand for paid sex, the number of sex workers or levels of human trafficking for human exploitation, according to research commissioned by the Department of Justice. The Department yesterday published the findings of Qu

Campaigners have urged gardaí to revise their policies following new analysis which shows that over 150 sex workers have been prosecuted for brothel-keeping in the last decade. Brothel-keeping is a criminal offence in Ireland under section 11 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, an

The jailing of two sex workers, including one who is pregnant, shows that Ireland's sex purchase laws are "not fit for purpose", a sex workers' rights group has said. Two women were jailed for nine months last week after a judge in Naas District Court found them guilty of keeping or being in charge

An organisation representing sex workers in Ireland has welcomed the conviction of a man for raping two women who were working as escorts. The Sex Workers' Alliance Ireland (SWAI) said it had provided support to the two women during the course of the criminal investigation into Gheorghe Goidan, who

Up to 36 people face prosecution for buying sex after three "national days of action" by An Garda Síochána, the force has announced. The intelligence-led operations across six garda divisions were co-ordinated by the Operation Quest team at the Garda National Protection Services Bureau

A woman running massage parlours in Dublin who told gardaí she thought the offering of "manual relief" was legal has received a fully suspended prison sentence. Nan Wu, 37, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to controlling and directing the actions of prostitution for gain in the