Friscondo writes:
Jesus! Dublin 8, now.
UPDATE:
2/2 If anyone sees this van acting in any way illegally please report it to your local garda station as it is not an #ICHH owned vehicle any longer.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/B45jmlrRSx
— ICHHDUBLIN (@ICHHDUBLIN) September 30, 2019
Earlier: 10,345
Dashoda – 38 Long
Clothes maketh the man.
And there’s no escaping the central role Gavin MacDermott‘s snazzy white suit jacket plays in his new video.
Director Conor Donoghue has fun splashing the Wexford native’s threads with all sorts and promo perfectly complements the catchy electro-pop tune.
Nick says: Sure, it will all come off in the wash!
Director of Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) Kate McGrew (middle) at a sex workers conference in Stockhom, Sweden this afternoon
This afternoon.
In Stockholm, Sweden.
The International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSWE) is hosting a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Swedish Model.
Irish solicitor Wendy Lyon is live-tweeting from the conference, entitled Sex Work, Human Rights And Health: Assessing 20 Years Of Swedish Model, including a contribution from the director of the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland Kate McGrew.
From her tweetz:
.@LadyGrew now up, apologises for speaking on behalf of migrant sex workers in Ireland (even though she’s American) #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
In Ireland, some workers have had to drop their prices to attract clients, some clients are avoiding particular nationalities out of fear of police attention #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
.@SWAIIreland recently met Ombudsman over policing. A sex worker who’d been raped by a police officer that had raided her premises earlier complained but her complaint was dismissed #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
So you’re telling us sex work is paid rape but when a Garda pressures a sex worker to have sex with him that’s consensual? #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Now referring to findings from the DOJ-NI study which show what a giant dud the Swedish model has been (see my pinned tweet for more details!) #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Clients in Ireland know that prostitution is policed through brothel raids, so now they’re asking us are we alone. That used to be a red flag but now we can’t use that to screen out dangerous clients #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Our “liaison officers” come from the police crackdown unit so we can’t trust that you’re not going to pass on inforrmation about where I work or my immigration status. Clients also know this. #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
We worked with 3 Czech workers and supported them to make a police report, testify against him, he got 20 year sentence. But next week we learned another man was back attacking workers – and none of them would talk to liaison officers because of the brothel laws #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
“Trafficking” can mean anything and everything in Ireland. Rarely do they check the indicators. Often the police just take the workers’ money and say go home. If you’re lucky they might give you plane fare. #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Most sex workers don’t even know they can plead not guilty to brothel keeping laws – most of them are just run through the system. (thanks for the shout-out Kate ☺️) #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
We insisted on three year review and this is coming up soon – we’re part of five research projects to gather data. Doing a six-month campaign to try to draw attention to it and try to reach people’s hearts and minds, get them to ask questions of their politicians #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
The other side will weaponise anything they can against us. They play dirty. #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
We will be asking at least for legal clarification of the brothel keeping law. Police gonna police but if we can at least get them to stop pretending that they’re going after exploiters and not us, that’s a start. #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Antis say they didn’t want sex workers prosecuted under brothel keeping laws. We’re putting it up to them to join us in fighting to have the law changed. #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Earlier, Wendy tweeted the contribution from Adeline Berry…
We are facing an HIV epidemic in Ireland and yet migrant sex workers are afraid of carrying condoms as these can be used as evidence against them #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Clients are increasingly demanding unprotected sex. There have been at least 7 extremely violent robberies targeting lone sex workers – the ringleader is well known to police but sex workers aren’t willing to report to Gardaí #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
A sex worker who was working to pay for her son’s kidney operation was fined and the money that she’d earned was ordered diverted to Ruhama #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Sex workers are being evicted with gardaí threatening to report their landlords, including myself – @adeline_whitney #ffconf
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 30, 2019
Follow Wendy here
Meanwhile…
Yesterday, in Stockholm…
The mighty @LadyGrew #ffconf #sexworkiswork #decrimforsafety pic.twitter.com/27Ney3TV3t
— Wendy Lyon (@wendylyon) September 29, 2019
Ms McGrew addressed a crowd gathered for the first ever sex worker rights protest in Stockholm, during which they called for an end to the Swedish Model.
Related: No council for (some) women: the NWCI and the silencing of sex workers (Wendy Lyon, Feminist Ire)
Previously: Let’s Talk About Sex Work
Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
The launch of the launch of ‘Taste of Dublin’ Festive Edition which will take place in the RDS this November and will welcome an estimated 18,000 attendees to “enjoy a myriad of signature Taste experiences ranging from chefs’ demos and cooking workshops to wine and spirit masterclasses”.
Needless to say, we’re back, baby.
From top: Ruth Scott and Rob Morgan; Jenny Dixon andTom Neville; Avril Bannerton and Brendan O Connor; Helen Cooke and Jenny Maltese; Lisa Nolan; Avril Bannerton (second right) with chefs, from left: Shane Smith, Jack O’Keffe and Aoife Noonan; Celtic Women singers Eabha Mc Mahon, Mairead Carlin and Megan Walsh; Sinéad O’Carroll and Kate McSwiney.
Photocall Ireland
An entertaining short by Seth Porges and Chris Charles telling the true story of New Jersey’s huge, poorly managed and extremely dangerous Action Park, aka ‘Traction Park’, aka ‘Class Action Park’.
The 20 year heyday of the park was the subject of Johnny Knoxville’s semi fictitious tribute film ‘Action Point’ and Matt Robertson’s 2013 documentary, which inspired it: ‘The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever’.
“This industry receives over €16m annually in State funding while animal welfare charities are bursting at the seams with dogs rescued from euthanasia due to being too slow for racing” Cllr Malcolm Noonan (Green Party, #Kilkenny) | RT to urge @LeoVaradkar to stop the funding pic.twitter.com/CPt6RPaaq0
— Ban Blood Sports (@banbloodsports) September 29, 2019
Meanwhile…
The decision of Tourism Ireland and Bord Fáilte to suspend promotion of Ireland’s greyhound racing has provoked “fury” amongst dog owners and fans of the sport, the head of the industry has declared.
The suspension decision, pressed by Minister for Tourism and Sport Shane Ross, follows directly on from RTÉ’s undercover Running For Their Lives documentary into greyhound racing earlier this year, the chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board Gerard Dollard said.
The documentary reported that 6,000 greyhounds are put down in Ireland every year.
The reaction of the greyhound industry to the decision was one of fury, Mr Dollard said.
Greyhound owners ‘furious’ over suspension of industry’s promotion to tourists (Irish Times)
This afternoon.
Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin 2.
Paul Murphy, who left the Socialist Party last week, at a Press Conference to launch his new political grouping, called RISE.
Via The Irish Examiner:
It stands for ‘radical, internationalist, socialist and environmentalist’, and was formed after a split in the Socialist Party.
Mr Murphy is the group’s only elected official and says he will stay within the Solidarity – People Before Profit banner in the Dáil.
Deputy Murphy acknowledges some people will see it as the left fracturing again.
He said: “I will understand people thinking that, to people who are a distance from the left, these debates may seem a bit obscure, I understand that.”
Paul Murphy Launches new Political Party (Irish Examiner)
Update:
Above from left: Dave Murphy; Jessy Ni Cheallaigh, Paul Murphy, Kay Keane and Nicole McCarthy
Last week: Splitter!
This day 11 years ago – 30 September 2008 – the Irish government announced it would guarantee Irish banks from possible collapse.
Legislation passed by 114 votes to 18, supported by Fine Gael and Sinn Féin, but not Labour, who said voting against it was “the correct decision.” pic.twitter.com/PfVZPpptoy
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) September 30, 2019
Previously: Why John Gormley Stayed In Bed
