Top garda orders lap dancing crackdown

A TOP garda has ordered a crackdown on lap dancing clubs abusing the licensing laws.

Assistant Commissioner Kevin Carty is drawing together a team of detectives in a bid to clean up the trade. The new initiative will also investigate any links between clubs and prostitution as well as other exploitation of lap dancers by their employers.

The crackdown follows a court ruling earlier this month refusing to renew the music and dance licence of the exclusive Barclay Club in Dublin’s city centre.