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'An historic day': It is now illegal to buy sex in Ireland
Not everyone is happy with the new legislation.
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Not everyone is happy with the new legislation.
The new laws criminalise the purchase of sexual services in Ireland.
Campaigners want to protect those who choose to be sex workers and not put them in harm’s way.
Legislation for such an action has been in the pipeline for some time, but has never been enacted.
Billionaire investor and activist George Soros is backing the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland.
The group held a vigil to oppose new laws criminalising those who pay for sex.
He had been sentenced to five years, but will now serve 18 months.
There are warnings the new laws will make Dublin and the border counties more attractive for pimps and traffickers.
Northern Ireland is the first part of the UK to support the measure, which makes it illegal to obtain sexual services for payment.