Term 'sex industry' camouflages the reality of young women holed up in apartments and lonely houses, being transported in vans, being used and abused by Irish men
Amy Keenan Molloy moved with her husband to Cape Verde in 2005, where she has run bars, set up a charity and become an author of children’s books
Ruhama see ‘extraordinary rise’ in number of women seeking support, with 35% of them new victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation
Ruhama opens new Cork-Kerry support service for victims of sexual exploitation
Ruhama and Taoiseach set to launch new accommodation research on Friday
Opponents say law endangers women working together for safety, but Minister for Justice believes fears are ‘unfounded’
Ireland was never pure, but our 21st century ‘new order’ - with women human trafficked into the sex trade and much focus on toxic masculinity - is alarming
Ruhama’s annual report says 155 victims of human trafficking engaged with the charity in 2023
Rights and equality commission calls for specialised shelter for victims of trafficking
Department of Justice previously announced unit would open last year
Report says 2017 law has made a ‘very promising’ start in interrupting sex trade
Padraig O’Morain: It is our duty to prioritise the destruction of sex-trafficking
Ruhama calls on Government for better enforcement of legislation on purchasing sex
A mother of two from Cameroon taken into prostitution in Ireland
US Department of State report finds ‘lack of convictions for trafficking offences’
Migrant network warns that people surviving on small cash allowance become desperate
‘Nordic model’ legislation does not protect those selling sex, says alliance
Ruhama report finds women more likely to report crimes to gardaí since 2017 laws banning purchase of sex
Garda has faced criticism over number of prosecutions initiated since Act came into force
Government will distribute unclaimed personal accounts and insurance policies
More than 80% of callers requested details on sex services despite pleas for help
Support groups link increase in attacks to law criminalising purchase of sex
Gardaí need to be properly resources to enforce Sexual Offences Act, Ruhama says
Ireland’s sex trade went online years ago. So what are main-street ‘massage parlours’ for?
This week 10 online ads offered rooms in Dublin in exchange for sexual favours
Social network brings in reporting tools for non-consensual sharing of intimate images
Of 78 alleged human trafficking victims recorded in Republic in 2015, 23 were minors
Institutional abuse and traveller ethnicity among issues raised by UN committee
Second National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking in Ireland launched
The playwright’s new production Wild Sky eschews the grand Dublin narrative for a rural perspective on 1916
Evidence from around the world shows that legalisation of the trade as a whole fails to protect the most vulnerable
Controversy has arisen over Amnesty International recent vote on the issue
Advocacy group ‘concerned’ at details of case involving woman who was under investigation
Child was born in Ireland and has refugee status
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