Sting in the tale: Pay for sex and you won’t be named and shamed

ONLY in Ireland could a situation arise in which gardaí face unprecedented public opprobrium for doing their jobs.

Having arrested and prosecuted 21 men for solicitation in Limerick, garda chiefs were expecting a few congratulatory slaps on the back. Who could blame them?

Headlines screaming about the proliferation of prostitution are a staple of local and national newspapers, and implicit in every article is criticism of the gardaí for not doing more to curb this ancient crime.