New law in Ireland

[rover]

I am wondering if the new law will be aproved here(the punters who are catch with escort they will be prosecuted)the guys will stop punting?

A tricky one alright, that's the first I've heard of it, please tell me more.

[Franken996]

Greetings from the Land of the (not so) Free;
the answer is : NO
~over here punting (outside of Providence, Rhode Island & some parts of Nevada) is completely illegal but from what I ..ahem.. read there are more punters per capita than any other country in the developed world- go figure ( as the yanks say ;-> )

[Sexy Alesia]

Ok but the guards don't have the man power to stake out every apartment.

Garda will stay at the corners of buildings and when they will see a guy on the phone they will follow him ))).They will have action )))))))))

[warmcome]

everybody's on the phone these days,
even some non-punters-i really should give more of a shit.

[warmcome]

"judge, we have here a profile printout from a website
specialising in prostitution. the accused made 3 calls (prior to arrest and caution)
to the number quoted in said profile. we arrested the accused at the
front entrance to a rental apartment tenanted by the person in the profile at 11:59 am.
we allege that the accused intended to visit this person to pay for sexual services."

[Fitzy]

Garda will stay at the corners of buildings and when they will see a guy on the phone they will follow him ))).They will have action )))))))))

If that was the case they would follow everyone on a phone not posable they just don't have the man power.

[Morpheus]

There are good debates and information on this in the "Turn off the Blue light" section of the forum.

If this legislation is passed - which the Labour party have promised to bring in, it will be the end to my punting.

Convictions are not necessarily required. From what I understand the summons to appear in court will be sent to your workplace etc.. its all to embarass and humiliate punters. Extreme proponents of this legislation are pushing for convicted punters to be put on the 'sex offenders registry'!!! - along with rapists and child abusers!!!

I have way too much to lose to even risk suspicion.

I suspect I will stop all together for a year or so and see how the guards and courts actually implement the law. If it isn't really enforced I might venture back into the forray. Otherwise I will just be making regular trips to other parts of Europe where its safer to see escorts.

My fear is that there will be an immediate drop off in business if the law is passed and a lot of the more established escorts will leave for sunnier climes. It will just be brief touring escorts or agency girls that will be left - making it all the more dangerous for punters to be caught out.

I note from the comments that some on these boards haven't heard much about this proposed legislation. It is a real threat. See "Turn off the red light campaign" website.
Turn Off The Red Light.ie | End Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in Ireland


However, all is not lost. See Patricia's comments on the "Turn off the blue light" section.
https://www.escort-ireland.com/board...ff-blue-light/

Patricia and co have also started a competitor website:
Turn Off The Blue Light | Sex workers need human rights, not legal wrongs

She needs help and comments for the website , so don't all hold back at once!

[willyup]

Aye, manpower is the key.
It depends on how much they want to devote to it.
To sart with they would have to make a show of doing something about it.

I think it may develop into a situation where outcalls are the norm rather than incalls.

[Fitzy]

Garda will stay at the corners of buildings and when they will see a guy on the phone they will follow him ))).They will have action )))))))))

Believe you me darling I can smell the bacon from fifty pasos.

[willyup]

If it does get out of hand with enforcement I think Ryanair will see a spike in ticket sales.
Cheap flight to UK along with a cheap hotel room and a visit from a lady or a visit to a sex club there once a month in place of a twice a month punt.