Welcome New Law

[themanofwar]

I think they believe they can increase their prices.
They believe their business as the safer option will flourish while unreviewed ladies will be so badly affected they will leave for home.

Personally I will return to agencies I know and trust to look for referrals to other agency girls.
This way I hope to continue to review new ladies

My heart really isn't in visiting the same lady over and over.
I do so at times but there is a thrill to meeting someone new. I just hope that someone isn't a Garda

tony, would that not mean that any of us punters visiting them then are actually Mug Punters, we take all the risks and are being charged even more for the privilege, sorry to say, i definitely will not be falling for it and wont be booking them.

[Curvaceous Kate]

tony, would that not mean that any of you punters visiting them then are actually Mug Punters, we take all the risks and are being charged more for the privilege, sorry to say i would be falling for it and wont be booking them.

Seriously? The new law in Ireland also increases the charges for being caught working with someone, so 2 or more under the same roof will be hit a lot harder if caught. The only way to work safer is to work alone and see less clients, which has a huge financial impact and risk to safety on us as sex workers. Why do you guys insist on only seeing the story from one perspective?

[TonyB]

Seriously? The new law in Ireland also increases the charges for being caught working with someone, so 2 or more under the same roof will be hit a lot harder if caught. The only way to work safer is to work alone and see less clients, which has a huge financial impact and risk to safety on us as sex workers. Why do you guys insist on only seeing the story from one perspective?

It's a disaster from every prospective.
Narrowed minded 1950s Ireland all over again.

[TonyB]

I think if the government can open shooting up rooms for drug addicts they should consider providing escorts for me.

I visit an escort usually 4 times a week. I think it could be argued I am an addict.

[themanofwar]

Seriously? The new law in Ireland also increases the charges for being caught working with someone, so 2 or more under the same roof will be hit a lot harder if caught. The only way to work safer is to work alone and see less clients, which has a huge financial impact and risk to safety on us as sex workers. Why do you guys insist on only seeing the story from one perspective?

2 escorts under the same roof was always illegal, was it not anyway? but it doesn't target independent escorts its the client that is most at risk here

[Curvaceous Kate]

2 escorts under the same roof was always illegal, was it not anyway? but it doesn't target independent escorts its the client that is most at risk here

Yes but they are increasing the consequences, so the risk of being caught doing this illegal act is greater than it currently is in the South. This means that sex workers are going to be harder hit. Also, if we are charging more because we are working safely for you then we need a smaller foot fall and to be even more discreet, otherwise how can we justify saying we are safer for you to visit? In order to make the risk lighter for you, these are the kind of measures needed to be taken. It is no longer a matter of considering what is good for us, but also having to consider what is good for our clients.

Many Independent sex workers share and as such in the eyes of the law they are not independent. The fact that they don't work for anyone and no one else gets a cut of their money doesn't matter. The law is always open to manipulation.

[themanofwar]

Yes but they are increasing the consequences, so the risk of being caught doing this illegal act is greater than it currently is in the South. This means that sex workers are going to be harder hit. Also, if we are charging more because we are working safely for you then we need a smaller foot fall and to be even more discreet, otherwise how can we justify saying we are safer for you to visit? In order to make the risk lighter for you, these are the kind of measures needed to be taken. It is no longer a matter of considering what is good for us, but also having to consider what is good for our clients.

Many Independent sex workers share and as such in the eyes of the law they are not independent. The fact that they don't work for anyone and no one else gets a cut of their money doesn't matter. The law is always open to manipulation.

but the law is not going after escorts, it targets clients, escorts like yourself will not be seen as criminals only us clients.

[Curvaceous Kate]

but the law is not going after escorts, it targets clients, escorts like yourself will not be seen as criminals only us clients.

If they discover where we are working and the landlord is informed, the landlord can then go to prison if they do not kick us out (even if we don't work there). We are always a target.

[themanofwar]

if they discover where we are working and the landlord is informed, the landlord can then go to prison if they do not kick us out (even if we don't work there). We are always a target.

ok so you would be kicked out, you can always find somewhere else though, if client is found there by police, he is arrested and treated as a criminal so there a huge difference here between the two scenarios, no comparison really

[Petros]

Yes but they are increasing the consequences, so the risk of being caught doing this illegal act is greater than it currently is in the South. This means that sex workers are going to be harder hit. Also, if we are charging more because we are working safely for you then we need a smaller foot fall and to be even more discreet, otherwise how can we justify saying we are safer for you to visit? In order to make the risk lighter for you, these are the kind of measures needed to be taken. It is no longer a matter of considering what is good for us, but also having to consider what is good for our clients.

Many Independent sex workers share and as such in the eyes of the law they are not independent. The fact that they don't work for anyone and no one else gets a cut of their money doesn't matter. The law is always open to manipulation.

This is a very good point Kate — reduced footfall will obviously have a direct reflection on costs! But it will also reduce the chances of neighbours or any other onlookers noticing anything. This will in return improve discretion for all involved.

As for the new law — well, it isn't here yet! We don't know for sure what it will involve nor how it will be implemented — until we do ass this discussion is very much up in the air.

I will wait until it is in operation before making any serious decisions about how I will continue to meet the lovely ladies on E-I.