Number of prostitutes on sex website rises 50% in three years

One of the country’s most notorious websites advertising sex for sale has seen the number of prostitutes it offers increase by 50% in the space of just three years.

In spite of the recession, there are now almost 900 prostitutes, mainly women, advertised on escort-ireland.com. In 2010, the total was closer to 600.

In Cork, where 70 women used to be advertised on the site, up to 90 are now listed in the city, which the website dubs “a capital of the Irish sex industry”.