Book turns spotlight on prostitution

UP to 50 people gathered last night for the launch of a groundbreaking book on prostitution in Ireland, written by one of the Irish Examiner’s leading journalists.

Stephen Rogers was approached by publishers Gill and Macmillan to write the book after he penned a series of articles on prostitution for this newspaper in 2007. Onthegame.ie explores a hidden world where women put themselves at risk of rape and beatings daily, where pimps are taking over half of their earnings and where drugs are never far away.

Onthegame.ie is the first book by an Irish Examiner staff writer to be launched in the newspaper’s headquarters at City Quarter, Lapp’s Quay in Cork.