"Ladies Of The Night" - on Upper William Street *mod warning posts 102 +105*

Richard Dower

How the smeg are the Gards not onto these trio already?
If you've seen them you'll know...is it a Garda sting?...shirley cameras are trained on the gaf?

testicle

Never been on Catherine Street at night then?

SarahBeep!

It's actually funny at this stage! The state of them as well, not a Julia Roberts among the bunch!

Richard Dower

SarahBeep! wrote: »

It's actually funny at this stage! The state of them as well, not a Julia Roberts among the bunch!

I thought the blonde wan was good to go - though they are rather...um, big boned ladies. I was getting some money out of the AIB across the street and they were whistling to come over...lol.

Walk in that flat you'd probably get a gun in yer face....and an STD

Richard Dower

Richard Dower wrote: »

How the smeg are the Gards not onto these trio already?
If you've seen them you'll know...is it a Garda sting?...shirley cameras are trained on the gaf?

Catherine street is the same. Could also be a Garda sting as they seem to be clamping down on this.

DeWinterZero

All the street lights on that section of William Street have been off for the last 2 weeks. But the guards do have one of the cctv camera at the traffic lights focused right at the building.

daisybelle2008

Richard Dower wrote: »

How the smeg are the Gards not onto these trio already?
If you've seen them you'll know...is it a Garda sting?...shirley cameras are trained on the gaf?

I googled Shirley cameras, to see what they were

Miike

daisybelle2008 wrote: »

I googled Shirley cameras, to see what they were

so did I....




...I still don't know what they are

SarahBeep!

I presume he meant surely :P

Davyhal

I had to wait to meet a friend over by the Roundhouse one night and one of them came over asking was I interested. I politely said no thanks and she asked for a lighter. She spoke for a few minutes while having the cigarette, just having the banter. Next thing a car came along and she went over to chat to yer man and off she went went him. She seemed like a lovely young woman, and it kind of broke my heart to think that she had to resort to this for a living.

seachto7

You should have give her the line "Let me take you away from all this sh*t"

Seriously though, they seem to be all over the place around Catherine St. Beyond a joke.

um7y1h83ge06nx

It really is got beyond a joke, they are getting more blatant.

Saw a bunch last Thursday on the corner of Catherine Street next to Jerry Flannery's. These ones looked pretty young enough, late teens to maybe very early twenties.

Now maybe I just don't know the areas in places like Cork, Galway and Dublin but I've only ever seen an obvious prostitute in those cities once (Cork). I'm not naive to think there aren't prostitutes in those cities but they are certainly not as blatant or as close to the city centre.

Maybe we could turn around our cities economic woes by becoming a sex destination, Amsterdam V2.0

seachto7

The "Fashion Quarter". Next to the "Prostitute Quarter"...

jay92

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jay92

seachto7 wrote: »

You should have give her the line "Let me take you away from all this sh*t"

Seriously though, they seem to be all over the place around Catherine St. Beyond a joke.

Stay away from Catherine street then..simple

**** sake the stupidity

Gotham

jay92 wrote: »

Stay away from Catherine street then..simple

**** sake the stupidity

W-What if... I live there?

jay92

Gotham wrote: »

W-What if... I live there?

That fine then. Dont hate on what you dont understand like the other fools. Not the girls fault that they need to make a living

seachto7

jay92 wrote: »

Sure what business is it of yours if there are girls working the streets?

Do you know the circumstances as to why they are doing it? No you dont because you are a conservative asshole...

If you dont like it then keep out of the city

It must be pretty bad circumstances if they stand on the street and agree to have sex with total strangers for cash.

jay92

seachto7 wrote: »

It must be pretty bad circumstances if they stand on the street and agree to have sex with total strangers for cash.

Yeah circumstances would be that bad, Iv not been able to find any work, not even an interview in 9+months of looking, so these girls stand no chance.

Gotham

jay92 wrote: »

Yeah circumstances would be that bad, Iv not been able to find any work, not even an interview in 9+months of looking, so these girls stand no chance.

Lets assume you've got a job now, and you have a little extra dosh to spare.
Would you go up to one and give her a pro-bono donation? Like you might a homeless person?

downonthefarm

any daycent looking ones worth a punt?

wotswattage

jay92 wrote: »

Sure what business is it of yours if there are girls working the streets?

Do you know the circumstances as to why they are doing it? No you dont because you are a conservative asshole...

If you dont like it then keep out of the city

Well its every Limerick persons business when prostitutes are roaming the streets jeering and whistling at passers by.
One of the main topics of conversation amongst rugby/gaa fans visiting the city for a match are the hookers on the street, which you don't see anywhere else in Ireland. It re-enforces Limericks already awful reputation around the country.

mitresize5

I'm looking forward to seeing how many names on the list I know next time there is a sting .... had 3 the last time

Seriously though - no place for it on the streets although I'd advocate a regulated industry like Australia ... each to there own and all that.

Have to feel sorry for those street walkers

Cityslicker1

I suppose they are the only people on the streets of Limerick after six o' clock..which makes them even more blatantly obvious.

Miike

jay92 wrote: »

That fine then. Dont hate on what you dont understand like the other fools. Not the girls fault that they need to make a living

So this attitude should be adopted for drug dealing and organised crime too?

"Ah sure, they need to make a living"

Cop onto your self :eek:

seachto7

What's worse than the ladies hanging around are the scum pimps roaming around as well. A lad I knew plastered coming out of Costelloes was angling to give one of them a hiding recently, but though twice about it in the end.
You then get a general undesirable element kerb crawling as well...

Cherrycoke

jay92 wrote: »

Stay away from Catherine street then..simple

**** sake the stupidity

Stay away from Catherine St, and William St, and High St. yeah? :rolleyes:

What they're doing makes some people feel uncomfortable. You shouldn't have to avoid your own city centre because of illegal activities going on. :mad:

ben.schlomo

Gotham wrote: »

Lets assume you've got a job now, and you have a little extra dosh to spare.
Would you go up to one and give her a pro-boner donation? Like you might a homeless person?

FYP, i'll get my coat.;)

Kess73

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krudler

They stand right outside Flannerys on Saturday night as well, go to Costellos the odd weekend and you'd always see a few on the way up

bigpink

After the bad PR over the sting operation and the paperwork/time it takes up when they will just start again a few days later think the guards are taken a more relaxed view

panda100

It is strange that there is so much street prostitution in Limerick. I lived in Dublin and Cork, and never saw any street prostitution. It seems to have all moved onto those disgusting escort websites. Limerick, on the other hand, has blatant street prostitution. I wonder why? Serious question.

kilburn

It has nothing to do with the recession anyway, 90% of them are foreigners trafficked while the other 10% are just irish junkies looking for cash for their next fix.

panda100

kilburn wrote: »

It has nothing to do with the recession anyway, 90% of them are foreigners trafficked while the other 10% are just irish junkies looking for cash for their next fix.

There are a lot of young looking foreign girls alright. It is so sad

Silentcorner

I find it odd that it is so blatant, where are the foot patrols?

I was in Galway recently and I have to say I was impressed with the show of force from the Gardai, I was having a pint outside a bar, in the space of a half hour about 12 gardai walked past me in twos and threes, I couldn't help but think why we don't see the same in Limerick, or Cork and Dublin for that matter, imagine how the improvement on the boardwalk in Dublin with a similar garda presence...that kind of Garda presence nips a lot of activity in the bud, including on street prostitution.

audidiesel

Silentcorner wrote: »

I find it odd that it is so blatant, where are the foot patrols?

I was in Galway recently and I have to say I was impressed with the show of force from the Gardai, I was having a pint outside a bar, in the space of a half hour about 12 gardai walked past me in twos and threes, I couldn't help but think why we don't see the same in Limerick, or Cork and Dublin for that matter, imagine how the improvement on the boardwalk in Dublin with a similar garda presence...that kind of Garda presence nips a lot of activity in the bud, including on street prostitution.

no recruitment for the past few years and lots of retirements may be a factor.

Kess73

audidiesel wrote: »

no recruitment for the past few years and lots of retirements may be a factor.

Limerick city was listed in 2012 as having the highest number of active gardai of any of the Irish cities outside of Dublin.

So doubt if recruitment/retirement could be an excuse.


Galway in particular always has a lot of foot patrols in the city centre and they are very visible day and night. Cork city also has a good number of city centre footpatrols every day.

Limerick city centre you could not see a garda on foot for long spells of any given day if you sat at a coffee shop watching the world go by.

audidiesel

Kess73 wrote: »

Limerick city was listed in 2012 as having the highest number of active gardai of any of the Irish cities outside of Dublin.

So doubt if recruitment/retirement could be an excuse.


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Limerick city centre you could not see a garda on foot for long spells of any given day if you sat at a coffee shop watching the world go by.

Well based on the experience of actually being one, between manning the counter, prisoners, communications room. It's lucky to have two cars out there maybe three if really lucky.

Trust me when I say there's not really the manpower to do many city beats. There is community policing I suppose but they all hide in offices ignoring radios.

Besides which it is a known problem but under irish law the offence is solicitation. Standing on the street while obvious isn't illegal until they pick up a punter.

Also look at the storm that happened last time this was dealt with...

brownej

audidiesel wrote: »

Well based on the experience of actually being one, between manning the counter, prisoners, communications room. It's lucky to have two cars out there maybe three if really lucky.

Trust me when I say there's not really the manpower to do many city beats. There is community policing I suppose but they all hide in offices ignoring radios.

Besides which it is a known problem but under irish law the offence is solicitation. Standing on the street while obvious isn't illegal until they pick up a punter.

Also look at the storm that happened last time this was dealt with...

I used to live on Catherine street a couple of years ago. I lived there for about 5 years and the prostitution problem just got so bad I had to leave. It was constant. I couldn't get in and out my front door without being harassed.
Complaining to the guards is an absolute waste of your time and sanity. I would call henry street to complain and the standard response would be that they would send a car around. It usually took a few hours for the car to go around the block but they wouldn't stop or make any attempt to move the prostitutes on. The patrol was worse than useless.
Calling into the station is also a fruitless endeavour.The guard behind the desk would mutter something about the community guard would contact me. How this was supposed to happen without the guard behind the desk taking any details is beyond me. On the occasions when my details were taken I was never contacted by the community guard.
Worse than useless.
If you live on a street with prostitution in Limerick the solution is either to put up with it or move.

Kess73

audidiesel wrote: »

Well based on the experience of actually being one, between manning the counter, prisoners, communications room. It's lucky to have two cars out there maybe three if really lucky.

Trust me when I say there's not really the manpower to do many city beats. There is community policing I suppose but they all hide in offices ignoring radios.

Besides which it is a known problem but under irish law the offence is solicitation. Standing on the street while obvious isn't illegal until they pick up a punter.

Also look at the storm that happened last time this was dealt with...

So what is the point of those that do that? Sounds like a waste of resources to have X number that do nothing save collect a wage.

Would love to know what they do differently in Cork and Galway that allows such a visible street presence. Maybe they are better organised in relation to the amount of time being tied up in administrative duties or similar?

I am in Cork, and Galway on a weekly basis to visit branches of my business and as such get to see the differences in garda presence in the centre of those cities compared to the centre of Limerick on a weekly basis.

Cityslicker1

Kess73 wrote: »

So what is the point of those that do that? Sounds like a waste of resources to have X number that do nothing save collect a wage.

Would love to know what they do differently in Cork and Galway that allows such a visible street presence. Maybe they are better organised in relation to the amount of time being tied up in administrative duties or similar?

I am in Cork, and Galway on a weekly basis to visit branches of my business and as such get to see the differences in garda presence in the centre of those cities compared to the centre of Limerick on a weekly basis.

Do you think maybe the fact that limerick city centre is dead after 6pm could be part of the reason?Both Galway and Cork are much more energetic and vibrant in the evenings as much as they are during the day. Empty lifeless streets make it easier for this practice to occur than when there's a bit of activity going on with people watching etc. Maybe I'm wrong but it's really eerie being in the city centre after 6pm and now to throw the obvious prostitutes into the mix makes it a complete shambles of a place...what are the people of Limerick doing in the evenings compared to Cork and Galway. Wouldn't it be great to drive through Limerick city centre at 8/9 in the evenings and see some sort of human life with people sitting outside cafes and pubs etc...no what you see is hookers on nearly every street..Limerick living up to it's reputation as usual!!

Silentcorner

Cityslicker1 wrote: »

Do you think maybe the fact that limerick city centre is dead after 6pm could be part of the reason?Both Galway and Cork are much more energetic and vibrant in the evenings as much as they are during the day. Empty lifeless streets make it easier for this practice to occur than when there's a bit of activity going on with people watching etc. Maybe I'm wrong but it's really eerie being in the city centre after 6pm and now to throw the obvious prostitutes into the mix makes it a complete shambles of a place...what are the people of Limerick doing in the evenings compared to Cork and Galway. Wouldn't it be great to drive through Limerick city centre at 8/9 in the evenings and see some sort of human life with people sitting outside cafes and pubs etc...no what you see is hookers on nearly every street..Limerick living up to it's reputation as usual!!

I think lately it has picked up, there are a lot more tourists in the city these days, I do spend quite a bit of time in the city centre after 6pm and while it is not as busy as other areas of the country (towns that would draw more tourists) there has been an improvement, it is not are eerie as you make it out (still room for improvement), there aren't as many prostitutes as you are making out either, it is confined to 1 or 2 streets hardly "nearly every street"...

I would be interested to hear why there are is a vast difference in garda presence on the streets of limerick and other cities, even when the city is very busy as it can be at weekends you simply don't see gardai about. As I said already, a visible garda presence nips a lot of hassle/prostitution in the bud...there is a very good reason Galway has a heavy garda presence...this could be a very valid reason why street prostitutes operate here as opposed to other more policed areas.

You would think a city with our reputation as you put it would have more gardai on the street...

seachto7

Is o curry st no more? Pretty blatant hookers outside the religious bookshop on william st too. Brothel overhead ironically.

What is the avg cost of a dart these days?

Rightwing

Silentcorner wrote: »

I think lately it has picked up, there are a lot more tourists in the city these days, I do spend quite a bit of time in the city centre after 6pm and while it is not as busy as other areas of the country (towns that would draw more tourists) there has been an improvement, it is not are eerie as you make it out (still room for improvement), there aren't as many prostitutes as you are making out either, it is confined to 1 or 2 streets hardly "nearly every street"...

I would be interested to hear why there are is a vast difference in garda presence on the streets of limerick and other cities, even when the city is very busy as it can be at weekends you simply don't see gardai about. As I said already, a visible garda presence nips a lot of hassle/prostitution in the bud...there is a very good reason Galway has a heavy garda presence...this could be a very valid reason why street prostitutes operate here as opposed to other more policed areas.

You would think a city with our reputation as you put it would have more gardai on the street...

There isn't.

You are far more likely to encounter a garda checking for road tax than see one anywhere else.

Wilbert13

seachto7 wrote: »

Is o curry st no more?

They're still at it on the Dock Road end, there was a vicious fight between 3 ladies over "turf" a few months ago

Richard Dower

150 quid for a quickie....no thanks love!

testicle

Richard Dower wrote: »

150 quid for a quickie....no thanks love!

Did you enquire?

RED PASSION

panda100 wrote: »

It is strange that there is so much street prostitution in Limerick. I lived in Dublin and Cork, and never saw any street prostitution. It seems to have all moved onto those disgusting escort websites. Limerick, on the other hand, has blatant street prostitution. I wonder why? Serious question.

maybe they must take to the streets because Limerick has a poor internet connection ....







... seriously street prostitution may get more clients than online.

finbarrk

Richard Dower wrote: »

150 quid for a quickie....no thanks love!

Doubt it.

Richard Dower

They were hanging out the top window the other night....hollering at passer-bys. Tis gas the cops arent shuttong them down, surely the landlord of the gaff cant be that clueless?

Richard Dower

finbarrk wrote: »

Doubt it.

What?....too low or too high?

Heard a gas story, apparently there were traveller women pelting the front door and windows with eggs a few weeks back as one of their clan/men/husbands were inside doing the do and the wimmim caught wind........

Traveled into Limerick to roar and batter the gaff with eggs