2 women fined for keeping brothel

TWO 20-year-old women have pleaded guilty to brothel-keeping in a self-catering cottage adjoining a Killarney hotel complex a week ago.

Killarney District Court heard the women were “self-employed”, there was no question of trafficking, and they had moved around Ireland since January. The Slovakian women had not understood their activity was illegal here.

They had more than €8,000 in their possession when arrested on May 26, within days of checking into the Killarney premises, the court also heard.