Prostitution in Ireland

MIN2511

So yesterday i had a few friends over, and we talked about prostitution in Ireland.
Apparently women are being trafficked over, passports seized, drugged and used for prostitution.
I am not naive to think it doesn't exist but i never thought we had the niche market for prostitution...
Do you know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland? Apart from Leeson St, is there anywhere else to find them?
I would consider myself a lads girl, as i hang out with lads all the time and i don't know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland(common when lads go to Amsterdam though but not at home)


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My name is URL

Why did you not think there was a market for it in Ireland?

People that use them aren't usually vocal about it

tribulus

Lol, like the men of Ireland are so innocent.

I know a couple. I know one of them used an escort (google escorts ireland or something similiar), don't know about the other guy.

Hard Larry

MIN2511 wrote: »

So yesterday i had a few friends over, and we talked about prostitution in Ireland.
Apparently women are being trafficked over, passports seized, drugged and used for prostitution.
I am not naive to think it doesn't exist but i never thought we had the niche market for prostitution...
Do you know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland? Apart from Leeson St, is there anywhere else to find them?
I would consider myself a lads girl, as i hang out with lads all the time and i don't know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland(common when lads go to Amsterdam though but not at home)


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Most of the "girls" who used to work Benburb St before the Luas line went down looked like Peggy Mitchell and spoke like Phil Mitchell, might explain why there is a need to traffic women into the country :P

Kazuma

As far as I know there are several escort agencies and things, in the gray area of "you're paying for company, if anything happens it's between consenting adults"...not really sure that excuse works on a legal basis :rolleyes:
But anyway, it's pretty easy, there's even a forum dedicated to finding places, sharing info, reviews, that sort of thing.
General consensus is that they're shoite and a complete rip off in Ireland though (€130 for half an hour :eek:)
Note that I haven't actually gotten around to using one myself yet :P

Kevin Bacon

Bit off topic but one time my brother was driving round an estate with one of the lads and he says to my brother "Do you wanna see where the brothel is round here?"

Says yeah and the pull up to a house except the house where the brothel was, was in fact the house my auld lad rents out:eek:

Jet Black

Well know if any of my friends were 'using' them they would not be bragging about it.
Was offered one on aungier street about 5-6 years ago. The girl was out of her head, could not see straight and looked like she was dragged through a ditch a couple of times before getting a couple of slaps.
I politely declined and walked on. Felt bad for her.

biko

Apparently there's a brothel on Bothar Irwin but I can't think of anyone who would be desperate enough to go there. I'd rather go without tbh.
If there's anyone I wouldn't hesitate to kill it's a pimp/trafficker. Selling other people, how ****ed up in your head do you have to be to do that?

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

Bit off topic but one time my brother was driving round an estate with one of the lads and he says to my brother "Do you wanna see where the brothel is round here?"

Says yeah and the pull up to a house except the house where the brothel was, was in fact the house my auld lad rents out:eek:

You sure that's all your Dad rents out?!

MIN2511

Lols at the replies.....

I just never thought there was a market

Yeah, i only found out about Benburb street recently.... It's near the four courts so i was surprised when someone told me :O

sheesh

In all along the canal near baggot street. I used live around there and be propositioned by them all the time (one had a D4 accent).

Friends of mine lived in a flat in tralee and had to move out because the next door flat was a brothel and the were always being woken up at night by people ringing the wrong doorbell.

Read 'Lyn - a story of Prostitution' gives a pretty stark picture of a life of an Irish Prostitute.

Kevin Bacon

Deleted User wrote: »

You sure that's all your Dad rents out?!

Outstanding wit there sir. I think I can hear Oscar Wilde turning in his grave raging with himself he didn't get the chance to say that.

tolosenc

Surely a **** is cheaper?

Jet Black

Toulousain wrote: »

Surely a **** is cheaper?

Yeah think they only charge €20...

WindSock

There's always a market. Always has been and always will be. There's probably a brothel in every housing estate

It really is nothing people would talk about. Prostitutes are considered dirty and disgusting, especially here in Ireland. Thre aren't many men who would admit to visiting one.

And probably less again would admit to using a knowingly trafficked slave.

4leto

Apparently Dublin has become a capital for prostitution, more here than Amsterdam google Escort ireland and judge for yourself. But yes none of my mates uses them at least no one says they do, I suppose 1 nighters are to easy to find in Dub.

Alessandra

There are prostitutes in every town in Ireland. Sad but true. If someone actively chooses that as a means to earn money well that's their business.
There was a primetime documentary on this a year or so ago about trafficking and I find it upsetting to think there are women and young girls being lured to Ireland with the prospect of a better life only to be bought, locked up and abused.

Big Balls

MIN2511 wrote: »

Apart from Leeson St, is there anywhere else to find them?

I'd be fairly sure of all the times I have driven down and worked on Leeson St there haven't been any brassers walking around, people spilling out of nightclubs yes... think you have your street names slightly mixed up!

Stercus Accidit

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

Outstanding wit there sir. I think I can hear Oscar Wilde turning in his grave raging with himself he didn't get the chance to say that.

Ah poor petal, someone makes a funny comment which very slightly impinges on your ego so you have a crack at their intellect.

How sad.

Elba101

I use to live in Scotland and my god, what an industry it is over there. A friend of mine would wake up to used condoms and prostitues in practice outside her place pretty much every morning.

Saw one standing on the side of the street crying while waiting to be picked up. That was upsetting.

Killaqueen!!!

There should be an agency or charity set up to helps these girls. A lot of them must feel so trapped and don't know where to turn to. I guess though, if there was an organisation to help them, a lot of women wouldn't go for help for fear of being sent back home if they're here illegally.

InKonspikuou2

I know of a good few brothels around the Finglas area. All run by eastern Europeans apparently.

WindSock

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

There should be an agency or charity set up to helps these girls. A lot of them must feel so trapped and don't know where to turn to. I guess though, if there was an organisation to help them, a lot of women wouldn't go for help for fear of being sent back home if they're here illegally.

http://www.blueblindfold.gov.ie/

papajimsmooth

There used to be one in Cavan, they advertised as a "massage from your nose down to your toes".

Kevin Bacon

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

Ah poor petal, someone makes a funny comment which very slightly impinges on your ego so you have a crack at their intellect.

How sad.

Nah not like that at all I (un) fortunately know that poster from out there in the real world only messing with him, its all in jest.

Meeja Ireland

papajimsmooth wrote: »

There used to be one in Cavan, they advertised as a "massage from your nose down to your toes".

"Sorry, love, the eyebrows is extra."

(Meeja leaves in a huff.)

Sleepeee

WindSock wrote: »

There's always a market. Always has been and always will be. There's probably a brothel in every housing estate

Completely agree that it is everywhere. As well as on streets and the internet, you can find them under advertising sections on the back of some newpapers aswell, under personal ads or various other disguises. And agree with WindSock I doubt you would find many people admitting to calling them.

panda100

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

There should be an agency or charity set up to helps these girls.

There is a few such as Rhuama.

Yeah prostitution is massive in Ireland.There been a few great threads on the Ladies Lounge and Humanities on the topic. You can quite easily pick out the posters who frequent escorts as they defend prostitution to the death, well until the thread gets locked anyway.

The Galway races is one of the biggest events in Europe for working prostitutes.

Gummy Panda

I heard even Butters is a pimp now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0A4-dFatdA

In those countries with legal prostitution e.g. Germany & Netherlands, does trafficking still happen on a large scale for sexual exploitation?

RoadKillTs

It's one of the oldest trades around! While men exist there will always be demand

There was a brothel near the back of the Arlington Hotel in town. Think it was closed down this year.

irish_bob

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

There should be an agency or charity set up to helps these girls. A lot of them must feel so trapped and don't know where to turn to. I guess though, if there was an organisation to help them, a lot of women wouldn't go for help for fear of being sent back home if they're here illegally.

thier is , its called ruhamma and has been around for years , ruhamma is run by nuns and other volunteers and while they do great work , they do exagerate how many prostitutes are trafficed into ireland

segaBOY

irish_bob wrote: »

thier is , its called ruhamma and has been around for years , ruhamma is run by nuns and other volunteers and while they do great work , they do exagerate how many prostitutes are trafficed into ireland

A religious order doing good work? You might upset some Catholic bashers on AH by saying that!

Tar.Aldarion

Kazuma wrote: »

As far as I know there are several escort agencies and things, in the gray area of "you're paying for company, if anything happens it's between consenting adults"...not really sure that excuse works on a legal basis :rolleyes:
But anyway, it's pretty easy, there's even a forum dedicated to finding places, sharing info, reviews, that sort of thing.
General consensus is that they're shoite and a complete rip off in Ireland though (€130 for half an hour :eek:)
Note that I haven't actually gotten around to using one myself yet :P

Pretty good value for having sex 15 times imo.

Poor Uncle Tom

Few years ago I did a lot of driving around the Cork area. There was a few women always thumbing out of the city or hitching a lift back in . One very stormy and wet evening I stopped to give a lift to one very weather beaten woman on her way back into the city. Turned out it's a lifestyle she never wanted to get into but found the money easy to make and didn't mind the work too much. She is a very nice woman, real character, wicked laugh, good company with cloths on.

I learned a lesson, not to judge people by appearance.

The_Minister

MIN2511 wrote: »

So yesterday i had a few friends over, and we talked about prostitution in Ireland.
Apparently women are being trafficked over, passports seized, drugged and used for prostitution.

If you look at the Sex Workers Alliance of Ireland thread, you'll see that most of them aren't trafficked, and many are willing.

4leto wrote: »

Apparently Dublin has become a capital for prostitution, more here than Amsterdam google Escort ireland and judge for yourself. But yes none of my mates uses them at least no one says they do, I suppose 1 nighters are to easy to find in Dub.

redout

MIN2511 wrote: »

So yesterday i had a few friends over, and we talked about prostitution in Ireland.
Apparently women are being trafficked over, passports seized, drugged and used for prostitution.
I am not naive to think it doesn't exist but i never thought we had the niche market for prostitution...
Do you know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland? Apart from Leeson St, is there anywhere else to find them?
I would consider myself a lads girl, as i hang out with lads all the time and i don't know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland(common when lads go to Amsterdam though but not at home)


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But your a regular in the soccer forum

you never can tell with people.

MIN2511

redout wrote: »

But your a regular in the soccer forum

you never can tell with people.

Yeah, i do post in the soccer forum.... Not as regular as i used to, but yeah-don't understand what you're getting at here

994

MIN2511 wrote: »

I just never thought there was a market

It never occurred to you that male demand outweighed female supply??

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I heard even Butters is a pimp now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0A4-dFatdA

In those countries with legal prostitution e.g. Germany & Netherlands, does trafficking still happen on a large scale for sexual exploitation?

I heard a massive sting operation over the 2006 world cup in Germany only found a handful of trafficked women - after all, why bother with slavery when one can make almost as much from free workers? Tesco pays €9 per hour, a brothel pays €200 or so - are you saying no-one will be tempted?

BraziliaNZ

Used to live by Benburb St, sometimes you'd see some SERIOUSLY rough looking aulone's out there turning tricks. I remember years ago you used to see them up around Fitzwilliam Square, but afaik they all work out of apartments and stuff now.

AckwelFoley

There were a couple of whore houses in athlone, they were closed down due to lack of business, if you cant get a ride in athlone on a saturday night - not even a whore would service you...

Kazuma

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Pretty good value for having sex 15 times imo.

I wish, what I wouldn't give for an occasional premature ejaculation, takes me forever

BraziliaNZ

Kazuma wrote: »

I wish, what I wouldn't give for an occasional premature ejaculation, takes me forever

line up ladies

petes

Up in Dublin last weekend mate was propositioned. Girl asks him would he like some company for two hours - €50!!

Terrontress

You should youtube The Dubliners singing about the Monto. Ronnie Drew gives a great little intro. Prostitution has always been rife in Dublin since time began. When the church got too powerful and tried to quash it, it just drove it underground. The gay saunas were operating here for years as well. All manner of bishops and priests going in.

Porkpie

What did the leper say after he had sex with the prostitute?

Keep the tip.

itsonlywords

MIN2511 wrote: »

So yesterday i had a few friends over, and we talked about prostitution in Ireland.
Apparently women are being trafficked over, passports seized, drugged and used for prostitution.
I am not naive to think it doesn't exist but i never thought we had the niche market for prostitution...
Do you know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland? Apart from Leeson St, is there anywhere else to find them?
I would consider myself a lads girl, as i hang out with lads all the time and i don't know anyone who uses prostitutes in Ireland(common when lads go to Amsterdam though but not at home)


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You trying to find out where they are??????:):):)