Hundreds of reports of men claiming to be gardaí attacking sex workers 

Sex Workers Alliance Ireland says its organisation regularly receives reports from sex workers of gardaí or people impersonating gardaí harassing sex workers.

Gardaí have been given hundreds of reports of men claiming to be members of the force and abusing and harassing sex workers.

The incidents brought to gardaí by Ugly Mugs Ireland, an online safety platform to protect sex workers, include men violently attacking, robbing, and sexually assaulting their mainly female victims, from 2016 up until as recently as last month.