Customs will detain child sex dolls

Customs officers say their policy regarding child sex dolls is to detain the goods and hand them over to gardaí for investigation.

The development follows some uncertainty among authorities and legal experts as to whether or not possession, or importation, of the dolls constituted a criminal offence under Irish laws.

The legal issue was the subject of a landmark court ruling in Britain earlier this week when it was ruled the child sex dolls are regarded as obscene objects under UK Customs laws.