Bill to criminalise clients will be published tomorrow

[MidlifeCrisis]

No it was rejected as foolish and over the top & will not be part of the foolish new law regarding visiting escorts.



Agreed who in there right mind would continue punting if you could be placed on a list with the pedos and rapist scum. But as I said it was rejected.

I'm very interested in these comments. If you can, could you please try and find a link that shows exactly what was proposed and rejected?

[MidlifeCrisis]

I wonder if it will mean anything for EI? Probably not as they are making tax off them

As someone said, the site is offshore, so there will be no real risk of prosecution for EI, but I do think it could change the way that the site is used. If the police (north or south) decide to get serious about trying to catch people, the site as it is now would be a golden resource for them, and in those circumstances people would have to change how they communicate.

I think people will think carefully about things like whether PM, email or phone arrangements are most easily intercepted (Probably phone is safest).

I imagine references could become much more important, for both escort and client.

People may talk much less openly on the site about who they have visited etc, because if police are able to prove the link between an individual and a user name, they can gather a wealth of evidence about their activities. I am not sure that I would post reviews that "admitted" criminal activity, unless the site provided very convincing anonymity mechanisms.

[philipkntz]

Probably be no need to tax and insure the car once this comes in. With all the gardai out policing consenting couples, they won't have anybody left to man the checkpoints.

[philipkntz]

As someone said, the site is offshore, so there will be no real risk of prosecution for EI, but I do think it could change the way that the site is used. If the police (north or south) decide to get serious about trying to catch people, the site as it is now would be a golden resource for them, and in those circumstances people would have to change how they communicate.

I think people will think carefully about things like whether PM, email or phone arrangements are most easily intercepted (Probably phone is safest).

I imagine references could become much more important, for both escort and client.

People may talk much less openly on the site about who they have visited etc, because if police are able to prove the link between an individual and a user name, they can gather a wealth of evidence about their activities. I am not sure that I would post reviews that "admitted" criminal activity, unless the site provided very convincing anonymity mechanisms.

Well for those that kiss and tell, it's certainly time to stop using exact time and date. It's like a signed confession, except that there are so many fake reviews, be difficult to prove anything.

[annabel taylor]

Probably be no need to tax and insure the car once this comes in. With all the gardai out policing consenting couples, they won't have anybody left to man the checkpoints.

Thats the spirt....not all doom and gloom

Like look at dublin... herion could be sold openly...even those purchasing it might be able to openly indulge roll up the sleave crack on... With garda chasing us

O no wait.... dublin quays are already littered with needles

[rubberlover]

best choice baby :d creme de la creme

I haven't had the pleasure,......yet..........

[naturis]

I know its only a newspaper poll http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/he...ence-1.2322078 but 70% disagree with the law wheres the democracy then ? old lonely guys should just increase the suicide rate and women who want a good start at life should go home country and work to death to earn what they would get in a few months and all the drugs on streets even a young couple down the road from me died of a drug overdose and my neighbours were robbed a year ago where the fuck is the law then not too mention 1 in 6 leaving the country but no we have much more important matters stopping johnny's half hour of fun and a women making a living and good money for her family

[Chez]

I know its only a newspaper poll http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/he...ence-1.2322078 but 70% disagree with the law wheres the democracy then ? old lonely guys should just increase the suicide rate and women who want a good start at life should go home country and work to death to earn what they would get in a few months and all the drugs on streets even a young couple down the road from me died of a drug overdose and my neighbours were robbed a year ago where the fuck is the law then not too mention 1 in 6 leaving the country but no we have much more important matters stopping johnny's half hour of fun and a women making a living and good money for her family

People don't care, Frances Fitzgerald was incompetent in all her previous posts so looking to make out she actually can do something even though she may feel its unjust.
She has got no morals, when had FG, and its votes that count with an election just around the corner.
She and the rest of FG are just spineless

[pigsmickey]

People don't care, Frances Fitzgerald was incompetent in all her previous posts so looking to make out she actually can do something even though she may feel its unjust.
She has got no morals, when had FG, and its votes that count with an election just around the corner.
She and the rest of FG are just spineless

We would be naive to think otherwise, the power and funding of the people behind this are of course the religious, smarting from there defeat in the SSM referendum, they no doubt take comfort in this retrograde law and its true, "religion poisons everything" (Hitchens RIP) Even MichaelD who is a supposed athiest, recognises the political expediency in seeing this through.
I think that EEI site will need to redesign with more coded security to protect its income source, escort advertising fees.

[nonpareil]

People don't care, Frances Fitzgerald was incompetent in all her previous posts so looking to make out she actually can do something even though she may feel its unjust.
She has got no morals, when had FG, and its votes that count with an election just around the corner.
She and the rest of FG are just spineless

Likely in her own mind Frances Fitzgerald will think she is taking the right/appropriate course of action.
And all ministers for Justice have to be seen to be tough on something and to take action on something.