People who trivialise prostitution ‘ignorant of reality’

People who trivialise prostitution are “ignorant of the reality” that powerful criminal gangs are abusing and trafficking young women onto Irish streets.

Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman, Niall Collins, was dismissive of people who labelled prostitution as the “oldest profession in the world”.

Gardaí are still trying to establish who placed a bogus traffic sign on Catherine St in Limerick City which identified the area as a “red light district”, claiming it was “open Mon to Sat from 18.00pm to 04.00”.