Brothel-keeper fined €1.5k for ‘Viagra-like’ pills

A convicted brothel-keeper has been fined €1,500 and given a suspended sentence for having dangerous unregistered Viagra-like pills on sale at a sex shop in Dublin.

Brian O’Byrne, of Capel St Dublin, and his former partner, Jacqueline Byrne, who has an address at Elmcastle Drive, Kilnamanagh, Tallaght, Dublin, were found guilty yesterday of breaking medicinal products regulations and stocking products which carry serious health risks.

The case was brought by the Irish Medicines Board in connection with products on sale at an adult shop called Shauna’s, which the defendants operated, on Dublin’s Capel St, in 2010.