A total of 36 people were stopped by gardaí on suspicion of having purchased sexual services from a prostitute over the weekend.

Ireland’s new laws criminalising the purchase of sex will work in cutting trafficking and sexual exploitation according to a new report.

Ireland’s new laws criminalising the purchase of sex will work in cutting trafficking and sexual exploitation according to a new report - but those behind the research said it could also be improved by the imposition of “on-the-spot” fines.

An organisation that supports sex workers held a meeting last night calling for greater levels of caution after a man suspected of violent attacks was arrested over the weekend.

An American woman who advocates for the rights of sex workers in Ireland appealed a conviction for cultivating cannabis at her flat in Cork three years ago.

A young American woman who spoke on television about working in Cork as a prostitute was put on trial yesterday for having a cannabis growhouse at her city apartment.

We at Sex Workers’ Alliance of Ireland (SWAI) strongly disagree with Brian Killoran (Irish Examiner, Letters, August 17) on sex-work legislation in the Republic.

Eoghan O’Sullivan reports on next week’s Quarter Block Party which takes place at various venues around North and South Main Streets

 Des O'Driscoll rounds up the top 10 talking points of TV this year.

Organised criminal gangs prostituting vulnerable women in Northern Ireland are set to move into the “lucrative” market in the Republic unless the Government introduces laws to tackle the sex industry.

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Artist Kate McGrew’s respectable family — her mother is a retired professor — are doing their best to support her decision to out herself on TV as a prostitute, says Ellie O’Byrne