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# not helping

Sex workers have asked Jill Meagher's husband to drop his support for an anti-sex trade group

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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May 18th 2015, 9:07 AM

# Prostitution

Former sex worker says she saw 13-year-old girl work on Dublin streets

Moran also discussed the pressures young boys feel when prostitution is legal.

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Apr 26th 2015, 7:00 PM

# we don't buy it

Here's how many men in Ireland say they have paid for sex

Very few women have, according to this survey.

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Apr 22nd 2015, 8:57 AM