Legal ban ‘only way’ to fight prostitution

MAKING it a criminal offence to pay for sex in Ireland is the only way to stop the growing number of younger men using prostitutes, Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) insisted yesterday.

RCNI executive director Fiona Neary said she was appalled but not surprised that more men aged between 25 to 34 were now paying for sex.

The Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships, commissioned by the Department of Health and the Crisis Pregnancy Agency, found while the biggest group using prostitutes are men aged between 55 and 64, the second largest are men aged between 25 and 34.