Rape crisis group condemns strip club licence

THE arrival of a Stringfellow’s lapdancing club in Dublin is another nail in the coffin of a safe and equal society for women, the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI) said yesterday.

Dublin District Court has granted an application for a public dance licence to Peter Stringfellow for the controversial premises on Parnell Street, which local residents had tried to block.

But the RCNI last night said lapdancing clubs create sex objects of women and won’t help the battle against sexual violence in Ireland.