# sex-workers - Saturday 5 January, 2019
Websites advertising sex remain operational.
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# sex-workers - Saturday 27 October, 2018
A number of suspected brothels have been raided by gardaí in the last year.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 4 September, 2018
Sex workers exist, there is no sign of them disappearing, and they deserve the same rights as other workers, writes Danny Rigg.
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# sex-workers - Monday 18 June, 2018
The nationalities that had the highest access rate to Ruhama’s casework service were Nigerian (63 cases) and Irish (41)
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# sex-workers - Friday 23 February, 2018
Supporters and detractors of the new law have spoken of their frustration over the new bill.
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# sex-workers - Saturday 23 December, 2017
Many sex workers face added dangers at Christmas time.
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# sex-workers - Monday 27 March, 2017
Not everyone is happy with the new legislation.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 26 October, 2016
Fine Gael’s Eoghan Murphy said Ireland has not got the resources to police prostitution.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 28 September, 2016
Campaigners want to protect those who choose to be sex workers and not put them in harm’s way.
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# sex-workers - Sunday 18 September, 2016
FactCheck referees a dispute over a controversial new law.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 9 February, 2016
The prosecution in the case of thief Mantas Grazevicius had suggested that two sex workers’ earnings that Grazevicius had stolen be confiscated by the State.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 2 February, 2016
The laws will come into effect in July 2017 if they receive parliamentary backing.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
Billionaire investor and activist George Soros is backing the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland.
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# sex-workers - Thursday 17 December, 2015
The group held a vigil to oppose new laws criminalising those who pay for sex.
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# sex-workers - Thursday 5 November, 2015
A Bill to introduce similar legislation south of the border is currently in the works.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 11 August, 2015
An expert has proposed the controversial idea.
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# sex-workers - Monday 15 June, 2015
The owner said he will pay the women working for him to make up for what they would normally get from clients.
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# sex-workers - Thursday 28 May, 2015
# sex-workers - Monday 18 May, 2015
Sex workers in St Kilda, Victoria, have signed an open letter to Tom Meagher claiming that campaigning for men to stop buying sex services is ‘not helpful’.
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# sex-workers - Sunday 22 March, 2015
Northern Ireland brought in new laws first and the Republic has followed.
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# sex-workers - Sunday 25 January, 2015
It is not acceptable to turn a blind eye to the sex industry as it stands – far too little is done to protect the vulnerable.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
They will remember the deaths of seven women in Ireland who were sex workers.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 25 November, 2014
The age of consent is also to remain at 17.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
That is an 18% increase on 2012.
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# sex-workers - Friday 17 October, 2014
Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has said she is “examining” legislation that would criminalise buying sex.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 22 July, 2014
Some sex workers don’t carry condoms, to avoid arrest. This is a big problem.
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# sex-workers - Saturday 21 June, 2014
A conference taking place in Cork this weekend aims to start a public discussion on sexual wellbeing.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
Officials are now plastering public spaces with awareness-raising messages to warn tourists that child exploitation is a crime.
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# sex-workers - Thursday 24 April, 2014
The going rate for sex in Kasensero is as little as €1.50.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
Because of the move, the women will be entitled to state benefits.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 4 December, 2013
French lawmakers today approved the controversial bill that will make the clients of prostitutes liable for fines starting at €1,500.
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# sex-workers - Monday 26 August, 2013
The new drive-ins are designed to be safer for sex workers, with alarm buttons, doctors and security guards on-hand – but will people actually use them?
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
A wide variety of people and organisations working with those involved in prostitution have been asked to give their views on changes to prostitution legislation today – including RTÉ’s Paul Maguire.
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# sex-workers - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
The news comes days after former ‘Belle de Jour’ escort Brooke Magnanti expressed her concerns about the fact no sex workers to date had spoken to the committee.
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# sex-workers - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Brooke Magnanti told TheJournal.ie that sex workers themselves need to get to speak to the government on the issue – not just groups representing them.
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# sex-workers - Thursday 21 June, 2012
They should. Irish people have been trafficked abroad for sex – but it’s not as simple as you might think, writes David Lohan.
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# sex-workers - Sunday 3 June, 2012
Advocating the selling of sex is not just a bad idea, writes Lisa McInerney, but also a very blinkered one.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Carrying out searches in “all known properties” and not just ones suspected of exploitation or trafficking is dangerous for independent sex workers, says SWAI.
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# sex-workers - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
It’s time for legal action on the ‘oldest profession’ – which is far from a necessary evil, writes Denise Charlton.
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