What's the story with the law of clients getting punished?

[Wolverine]

Just curious as I have stopped going to any ladies since the law came in. Obviously I can see from the reviews left for different ladies people are still visiting.

I was having a chat with a few friends the other day and they said that the law has loopholes in it. Didn't understand what that meant to be honest.

The loop hole requires you not confessing to the law. Quite simple really. Just shut the fuck up. Some folk just can't handle it though.

[FullIrish]

Don't worry about it. There's too many people in high places that rely on the services of escorts.

Most of the law around sex work is for show or to give the service providers a hard time (Sadly!). And occasionally they'll do a big bust or a few small busts to show they out there doing there job. Even then, they'll only prosecute if you practically beg them.

The laws in Ireland don't punish the punter very often, they're a bit more enthusiastic about punishing providers though. This is somthing that has to change, but on the whole clamping down on sex work is definitely not a major focus from the Garda at the moment. Especially with elections coming up, no one wants to rock the boat