Women fined for running brothel

FOUR women were convicted and fined yesterday for running a brothel in an apartment in Cork city centre.

The four foreign nationals all pleaded guilty to a charge of managing a brothel at an apartment in Fisherman’s Wharf, Washington Street, Cork, on February 17 last.

The four, Maria Canellas, aged 21, from Spain; Rosalia Mehr, aged 33, from Hungary; Yessenia Ruiz, aged 27, from Nicaragua; and Elson Matos, aged 27, from Brazil, all pleaded guilty to that charge at Cork District Court.