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SINCE GARDAÍ RAIDED a suspected brothel in Dublin in March this year, concerns have been raised with them about the possibility of a number of underage boys being abused elsewhere in the city.
It is now understood that complaints were made to gardaí about teenagers as young as 16 being exploited in a number of areas of north Dublin. Some of the information gathered by gardaí has come from adult escorts working elsewhere, and independently, in the capital.
Many of the all-male brothels thought to be involved are located near the IFSC and Parnell Street. They use online advertisements and sales websites, as well as one well-known escort website, to promote their services.
Information was passed on to An Garda Síochána based in Kilmainham in relation to the existence of the brothels following a raid of a different premises seven months ago.
A quantity of cocaine was seized at this building in the north of the city.
Most of the adult male escorts working in Ireland currently are Brazilian but there is a growing number of young Irish men, both adult and underage, in prostitution.
Ruhama – an advocacy group which supports people as they exit prostitution – said it is aware of a number of male brothels in operation in Ireland and confirmed that it had helped young Irish minors escape.
The organisation has confirmed that the name of the alleged ringleader has come to their attention but would not comment on specific queries.
Sarah Benson, Ruhama’s CEO, told TheJournal.ie: “Ruhama is primarily a women’s support service given the highly gendered nature of the sex trade.
However, we do engage with a small number of men each year, and have encountered men who have been exploited as minors. The sex trade is a dangerous and precarious environment for anyone regardless of gender or age.
“We are aware of small numbers of men in prostitution at present in Ireland and they often come from the similarly marginalised backgrounds to the hundreds of women we meet each year. Their support needs can be significant and we will always do what we can to assist them.
“In all instances where minors are prostituted this is child sexual exploitation and should be treated as such by the authorities – there is no such thing as a ‘child prostitute’.”
A factor in the increasing presence of all-male brothels it the growing chemsex phenomenon in Dublin.
According to one male escort, JP*, whoTheJournal.ie spoke to this week, many of the brothels are used for chemsex.
Chemsex is the use of drugs such as G, crystal methamphetamine, ketamine and mephedrone to enhance sexual activity. The practice is usually associated with men who have sex with men (MSM), often involves multiple people and can lead to sexual encounters that last for hours or days.
GHB is a synthetic drug used as an anaesthetic. It comes in a clear liquid or powder form and its potency varies. GBL is sold as a substitute for GHB. It’s found in cleaning solvents and converts to GHB when you swallow it.
JP explained that short-term lets are being used to facilitate independent operations, like his. He counts it as lucky if there is an apartment to lease closer to the main entrance door – this means that their clients can enter and exit without drawing too much attention.
However, larger brothels move to new locations more frequently due to the increased volume of people using them.
New laws which took effect last year criminalised the purchase of sex in Ireland and many workers have said this has resulted in them working on their own, depriving them of security previously available to them.
Those opposed to the legislation, including the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI), said that it would make the job of the worker a lot more dangerous and that the demand for sex would not be reduced as a result.
*TheJournal.ie knows the identity of the man, but has changed his name for the purposes of this article.
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Poor, poor people. Given LSD with no prior knowledge or experience, must have been like a horror movie.
must have been fucking savage!!
The Irish government used to put it in breakfast rolls and red bull from 2004-2008
Apparently they used to hand it out to those attending tribunals, it helped their abstract creative juices to flow
LSD is a safe drug unlike cocaine or heroin. It’s actually safer than alcohol or ciggerettes. There is a bbc YouTube documentary about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRgb5coMXGk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You’ve never had a bad trip!
It seems that surprise-LSD is a different beast altogether….
If you want to see just how deep the rabbit hole goes read Tranceformation of America by Cathy O Brien. This is only the tip of the iceberg and will be NOTHING compared to the documents that will never see the light of day or the ones that will be unclassified in the future.
Hallucinogens can be succesfully used to treat depression. They are now finding that Ecstasy, in a controlled setting, is the only successful treatment for US veterans returning to the states from Iraq who are suffering from PTSD brought on by the trauma- to everyone- by war. There was a conference in San Francisco last year on the subject of hallucinogens as psychological treatment. This article is reminiscent of the extreme portrayal of pot in the 1950′s movie called Reefer Madness. God knows the CIA wouldn’t want us all to get our hands on LSD because it can lead to the realisation that authority is a rediculous farce. There is a psychiatrist in Ireland now promoting putting lithium in the drinking water to address depression (that’d be illegal medication without consent) but if that extreme thought is being entertained–maybe acid would be a better additive. Of course I’m joking :-)
I think LSD should me mandatory on your 18th birthday.
The use of MDMA has been well known for a long time in treating PTSD & emotional issues.
EVERYBODY should try a trip, even a half a trip just once.
@ Paul, certain tribes such as the Bwiti tribe in Cameroon use hallucinogens (or in this case as it is deemed sacred, an entheogen) such as Iboga as a rite of passage into adulthood. The experience is supposed to encourage empathy and compassion by inducing a sort of “life review” where the person experiences their life from the point of view of those around them.
There was a show ages ago on BBC called “Tribe” where the film maker went to stay with them and did the Iboga ceremony, it’s worth a look if you can track it down..
to be honest, I’d bet heavily that the flouride in water is the source of a lot of the nation’s depression and subservience!
An irony about MDMA (ecstacy to all y’all), is that it was given/tested on US soldiers in Korea and Vietnam in the name of trying to achieve the perfect soldier…. one without fear and without a need for sleep.
ReeferMadness was complete right-wing propoganda, same as the news coverage of the same topics still remains today!
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds :D
sounds like something out of fringe… was it doctor bishop running the experiments??
Bet Dr Olsens family doesn’t think that!!
Why is it that people are willing to believe this but won’t believe the FBI report that said there were no phone calls from the 911 passengers because It wasn’t technically possible. The only evidence of box cutters come from a call that the FBI say didn’t happen..
Olson’s Story Contradicted by the FBI
The most serious official contradiction of Ted Olson’s story came in 2006 at the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker. The evidence presented to this trial by the FBI included a report on phone calls from all four 9/11 flights. In its report on American Flight 77, the FBI report attributed only one call to Barbara Olson and it was an “unconnected call,” which (of course) lasted “0 seconds.” According to the FBI, therefore, Ted Olson did not receive a single call from his wife using either a cell phone or an onboard phone.
Back on 9/11, the FBI itself had interviewed Olson. A report of that interview indicates that Olson told the FBI agents that his wife had called him twice from Flight 77. 10 And yet the FBI’s report on calls from Flight 77, presented in 2006, indicated that no such calls occurred.
This was an amazing development: The FBI is part of the Department of Justice, and yet its report undermined the well-publicized claim of the DOJ’s former solicitor general that he had received two calls from his wife on 9/11. – globalresearch
Food for thought…
Now it’s lariam….. But what’s more frightening….. It’s prescribed
This has been known for some time hasn’t it?
I’ve been reading about this for the last near five years alone with documentation available then along with details via a dad that sued the USA government over the effects it had on his son.
Crazy stuff that I suspect we only know 5% at most, what the hell they were – are? – doing!
Here’s a good link about CIA experiments in France were 7 people died as a result.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7415082/French-bread-spiked-with-LSD-in-CIA-experiment.html
The Dr. Olsen mentioned was a member of Gottleib’s team who was apparently going to blow the whistle according to Jon Ronson’s ‘The Men Who Stared At Goats’ (which later became an incredibly shit film).
Olsen’s death is also the source of the myth that LSD, Mushrooms and other hallucinogenics make you believe you can fly.
This 1974 “Family Jewels Report” deals mainly with domestic CIA abuses but some of the documents are staggering http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm
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