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SWAI

Department of Justice

Long-awaited review of sex work legislation includes calls for full decriminalisation

Updated 25 Mar

11.2k

Department of Justice

'It's farcical': Review into sex work law won't be published until 2025, four years after deadline

Órla Ryan

24 Nov 2024

11.3k

further delay

Review into sex work law to be published later this year, four years after initial deadline

27 Feb 2024

7.4k

The Morning Lead

Sex workers sent death threats after replying to text scam

Very few crimes against sex workers are reported to gardaí, an advocacy group said.

A number of people were threatened with physical or sexual violence

Foreign-national sex workers were targeted by the scam

"The texts and calls turned violent, people saying things like they were going to have a hitman kill them."

Órla Ryan

5 Feb 2024

19.9k

Department of Justice

Still no sign of review into sex work law - over three years after it was due to be published

1 Feb 2024

8.6k

sex work

'Sex workers are seen as either criminal or victim, but we're just people trying to survive'

10 Apr 2021

51.2k

recognition

Shamrock Rovers trio among nominees for SWAI awards

9 Dec 2020

2.9k

Stars Align

Dundalk, Rovers and Bohs honoured as nominees for prestigious LOI awards announced

17 Dec 2019

4.2k

drink to that

‘I was hit over the head with a pint of Bulmers when I scored. I don't know where it came from’

9 Jul 2019

32.8k

League of Ireland

Jack Byrne continues flying start at Rovers with Player of the Month award

11 Apr 2019

3.5k

Big Nev

Neville Southall handed over his Twitter to Irish sex workers last night and here's what they had to say

28 Mar 2019

21.7k

SWAI

Stephen Kenny named soccer writers' Personality of the Year

11 Jan 2019

3.8k

nominees

Dundalk dominate shortlists for end-of-season awards

18 Dec 2018

3.1k

tributes

Tributes paid to sex workers' rights campaigner Laura Lee after sudden death

9 Feb 2018

50.3k

Fronting Up

Is Ireland boss Martin O'Neill out of the running for the Stoke job?

12 Jan 2018

14.3k

dangers of the job

'I work because they are lonely': Sex workers describe the dangers of the trade at Christmas

23 Dec 2017

72.3k

safe pair of hands

'Not many keepers receive these awards so I must have done something right'

21 Nov 2017

4.4k

don't criminalise me

'I feel unsafe now I work alone': Inside the world of Ireland's sex workers

2 Jun 2017

35.1k

171

recognition

Cork City unsung hero scoops Player of the Month for April after their stunning start

10 May 2017

4.3k

24 Carat gold

Maguire flattered by Ireland reports as he scoops player of the month award

11 Apr 2017

5.4k

Prostitution

'An historic day': It is now illegal to buy sex in Ireland

27 Mar 2017

65.6k

162

Academic Ability

600 points in the Leaving Cert, a master's degree and two goals in this season's Champions League

9 Sep 2016

57.5k

acclaim

Richie Towell is the Irish Soccer Writers’ Personality of the Year for 2015

9 Jan 2016

2.9k

Staying Put

Fagan turned down better offer from Paul Cook's Chesterfield to stick with Pat's

27 Nov 2014

3.8k

nordic model

Sex workers 'fear for their safety' if clients are criminalised

17 Oct 2014

18.9k

Great Dane

'If Bohs can do us a favour tonight, great - but we know what we have to do'

17 Oct 2014

2.2k

Supporting LOI

Sligo goal-machine Anthony Elding wins March award

10 Apr 2013

778

Airtricity League

Sligo dominate SWAI award nominations

17 Dec 2012

707

Prostitution

Sex workers concerned over 'indiscriminate nature' of brothel raids

30 May 2012

6.2k

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