Dom when you go into a shop and buy groceries. . you pay tax. . when you buy condoms. . . you pay tax. . .when you pay electricity bill. . .you pay tax. . .perfume lingerie. . .tax. . .drink. . .tax i am so tired of people saying escorts are 'tax free' in 1989 in dublin a half hour of an escorts time was 90 punt and an hour was 150 punts and ten years down the line converting to euro it's roughly the same rate. The celtic tiger and everything else considered, it's probably the only "profession' not to have a wage increase in ten years, maybe longer. . .there are more escorts in ireland now, mostly foreign, like myself, who are on call sometimes 24-7 and may have a good day with bookings and then again maybe not. If you consider the time effort advertising rent travel expences involved the current total escorts in each county, in order to make decent money you have to put in amazing hours. . .everywhere i look on this site there's whineing on about reducing rates and the recession. . . it effects us too. . .it's getting old at this stage. . .xxx