what happens to E.I now? will the site be taken down?

[annabel taylor]

Politicians & police always go for the easy targets,I would say the garda will have a field day when this law comes in,approaching men coming out of apartments etc,raiding hotel rooms,they will scare the bejaysus out of a lot of men ,put the fear of god in them etc and like a disease this will spread and business will drop off I fear,the ladies should be working and saving like crazy now as this will definitely reduce business,I see a lot more foreign golf trips in my future.

I know poor men was grand when they where only raiding us like

[madjack]

Hi all, i am a married man and have been sleeping alone for year's. Neither of our fault's, we live in the same house as friend's but no sexual interaction as we were married too young, me 18 and wife was only 17 and she was not pregnant. For many many year's i have been visiting ladies even long before E.I. When this site came along it was like winning the lotto ( well nearly as good ) talk about spoilt for choice, beautiful girl's all ages, different nationalities, different look's etc. Nearly all the girl's i have visited from this site, are beautiful, friendl'y hygienic,discreet etc. Whatever about the new law coming in i will still see escort's as ye are my only friend's as such, as i do not go to pub's club's as i would no fit in with the scene. When this law is passed and it will i will ring a girl for an appointment and if the guard's raid the appartment what the fuck can they do NOTHING. I could tell them i met her at a pub, club, through a friend and they could do FUCK ALL ABOUT IT. If this site is closed down i think that E.I. should set up another one and P.M. EVERYONE with the name of it. If it is closed down they will have to close down every other site that are similar to this one. These are my thoughts John ( MADJACK ).

[Ladyvonteese]

Well put honey, totally agree.

Thinking of leaving Ireland too honey.

Lady Von Teese

I'm absolutely disgusted by the actions of our politicians yesterday. Regardless of opinions of sex workers and the purchase of sex, they have enforced their so called ideology on the industry and those involved.

I am always very aware that workers could be trafficked, and am very careful about who I meet. If I think there are signs of trafficking, I wouldn't stay - but so far I have never experienced anything suspicious here.

Clause 6 will only make things worse for sex workers. The industry will be driven further underground, it will become more seedy, and it will increase the opportunity for sex trafficking - instead of reducing it!!

Tarring those who purchase sex with the same brush as those involved (at the core) in trafficking is inherently flawed. It will endanger the lives of many sex workers, and could increase the levels of sexual assault generally. A controversial thought, and I'm not saying that this will happen, but if you're going risk getting a criminal record, then why pay for it?

This country is stepping back into the dark ages again, and I am certainly thinking of abandoning it in the very near future - not just because of this legislation, but it doesn't help!!

Surely they should be legislating for the people (sex workers), not themselves! Maybe it's years of guilt from sexual abuse within the Catholic church and other institutions - Kincora and the rest.

[emilyuk]

Ive only just moved here, I don't want to go back to England....

[Meursault]

I do not want to “blame the victim” but Escort Ireland has been a victim of its own success, and to a certain extent, the author of its own misfortune.

There was a time before Escort Ireland where escorts’ phone numbers were passed by word of mouth, and over Citizen Band radios and various other means, and this was a lot more discreet. Even other escort websites are rather more discreet.

Don’t get me wrong, Escort Ireland is easily the best of all the websites of its type, and things like its review system has done a lot to iron out problems clients (and escorts) have had in the past. But it is just too easy for anybody (including the usual bigots) to lurk on the boards and to take gratuitous offence at what they see. This is an activity best kept out of the gaze of these bigots.

kind of like the fall of the roman empire......it became too big

[meath chap]

i think there will be more sting operations and the odd raid,if your in visiting an escort and theres more escorts down in the sitting room its considered a brothel.if your caught you will have problems if the law is brought in,business will die down no doubt...imagine a married man caught and name put in the paper..not good

[LoveAMature]

I can already here a massive sigh of relief from the wives and paranoid girlfriends of those around Ireland..

[westie]

If profiles are changed so that prices and favourites are omitted I cant see how this site can fall foul of the new laws.I am not sure where the sites domain is but if its outside Ireland there is bugger all they can do about. Ireland cannot censor the internet much as some people would like.
Sting operations would not work here as most escorts are non Irish and if you phone one with a bog accent ask if she is a Garda and if she is she has to tell you. As for raiding apartments just say your are getting a massage or whatever they will have huge problem proving otherwise. There is no law against two adults been naked in a bedroom yet but I am sure the hate brigade are working on it.

[AmantAmant365]

Why should it shut down?
This nonsense by a few religious fundamentalists and fair weather moralists will continue for some time but cannot be policed.
Watch, this industry has been adapting for millennia..
It would be a crime to shut down the site..

Will this site be taken down when clause 6 comes enforce? I dont want to give up a job I adore and love. Feeling sad :-(

[Kaz]

Ive only just moved here, I don't want to go back to England....

I'm sure it will be fine.