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

Prostitution - We Don’t Buy It is the first all-island effort aimed at male attitudes

Most women who use HSE service are under constant pressure to have unprotected sex

Man arrested and released without charge after 22 premises searched nationwide

Prostitution is not about choice, says charity, as it reports 18% rise in women seeking support

Protestors call for release of 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants Boko Haram

Personal cross-examination of complainant by accused risks ‘retraumatisation’

Opinion: The right to say No is important - and so is the right to say Yes

Women from more than 30 countries working in Irish sex trade, says Ruhama

Independent TD argued criminalising purchase of sex will not tackle root causes

Oireachtas report on prostitution would put pimps out of business, campaigners claim

As the Government considers new laws on the buying of sex, current and former prostitutes – and some men who use them – share their views on the business

For some of their clients, prostitutes provide a fulfilling way to avoid commitment and solve emotional problems. For others, they are easy targets

The Minister for Justice is considering whether to criminalise people who pay for sex. Would this protect prostitutes, or send the ‘industry’ deeper underground?

Sex industry almost wholly run by organised crime gangs, says Immigrant Council