14 people face prosecution this year for paying for sex with a prostitute - twice as many as last year.

A hard-hitting video campaign has laid bare the grim reality for victims of Ireland's sex trade.

SEARCH and arrest operations are planned for Dublin, Cork and Galway in relation to an alleged prostitution ring involving 70 Hungarian women.

THERE have been no prosecutions for human trafficking into Ireland since laws to combat the illegal trade were brought in more than four months ago.

Rape victims and women forced in to trafficking, prostitution and pornography will not be protected by a new government body, it was claimed today.