The Sex Industry in Ireland

Prostitution in Ireland has been around since the 19th and early 20th century when Dublin was awash with brothels and reputedly the largest red light district in Europe.Although prostitution itself is not an offence under Irish law, the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act of 1993 prohibits soliciting or importuning another person in a street or public place for the purpose of prostitution (This offence applies to prostitute and client.). The minimum legal age for a prostitute in Ireland is eighteen and child prostitution Legislation exists to protect persons under this age. When drugs hit Ireland in the 1980s, drug addicted prostitutes and low-level pimps became a feature of the streets, and the prostitutes who weren’t on drugs and the customers started moving indoors rapidly. I read that a man kicked and punched a woman he bought when she tried to stop him taking photographs of her lying naked in a Dublin hotel room. When she tried to take the camera off him, she was thrown against the wall, punched in the face several times and kicked. This clearly dangerous and sick world has, in recent years, become very popular on the internet. Child pornography and abuse have soared due this fact and I feel that this industry is out of control. The sex industry is undoubtedly a dangerous one and should be ended at once.