The establishment of a prostitution investigation unit only tasks gardaí further with the enforcement of laws that are “dangerous” for sex workers, an activist group has said.The Garda National
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There s a warning that the pandemic has forced many sex workers to work in more precarious and riskier situations.
While full estimates are difficult, it’s believed there are at least 1,000-2,000 sex workers in Ireland.
Many of those have had to continue working during the COVID-19 crisis.
Kate McGrew. Director of Sex Workers Alliance Ireland, told
Lunchtime Live it’s been ‘extremely challenging’.
Pandemic has left sex workers in extremely challenging and riskier situations
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She said: “We’re a resilient bunch, and adaptable people - but that’s in the face of having no support whatsoever from the Government at this time.
I will end you : The dangers of selling sex in Ireland
There have been incidents where sex-workers were tied-up, beaten and raped and there was also a gang targetting sex workers raping and riobbing them
Barbara Babeurre says she felt safest working in Germany, where both selling and buying sex are legal, regulated and taxed.
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Liz Dunphy “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.
The latest in the hugely popular Rebel Matters series of podcasts, featuring musician and self-confessed weirdo Ian Lynch, is now available for download.
Many people will know Lynch as the singer and uilleann piper with acclaimed folk group Lankum and more recently through his own monthly podcast Fire Draw Near , which delves into Irish trad music and song and all of its myriad forms.
In the podcast Lynch opens up to presenter Ainle Ó Cairealláin about an unseen aspect of being in a regularly gigging band, giving people a sense of the havoc that a heavy touring schedule can wreak on the body and mind. Listeners will also find out what Lynch has been doing with all his free time now that gigging is off the cards for the foreseeable future.
The man was handed a fully suspended sentence after he attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife in 2017. (Envato Elements)
A man who attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife and demanded “free” sex has been handed a fully suspended sentence.
Liam Vickers, 23, pleaded guilty to assaulting the transgender sex worker in Dublin on 30 September, 2017, according to the
At an earlier hearing, Garda Sergeant Karl Colgan told the court that the transgender woman, who has not been named, received a call from Vickers on the date of the assault to ask if she was free to meet.
Vickers visited her home and once they were inside her bedroom, he pulled out a large knife and tried to stab her in the face. She sustained injuries to her face and arm when she tried to block him.