Mystery man wants Ireland to swing

SWINGING may still be a taboo subject in 21st century Ireland but one man, albeit anonymously, is trying to bring the promiscuity into the mainstream by hosting parties in city centre venues and even in a stately castle.

Under the pseudonym of Tom Hogan — even his wife doesn’t know what her husband is up to — the self-declared entrepreneur yesterday told how he had come up with the business plan “because there are no swinging clubs in Ireland that are run on professional lines”.

Last Thursday, his first party in a Dublin city centre venue attracted 32 participants aged in their “40 to mid-40s” all willing to part with the €25 each entrance fee to meet like-minded “consenting adults”.