Prostitution is rampant in rural Ireland and it's getting worse. That's the stark message this week from support group Ruhama who contend that pimps and criminals behind the sordid business are getting harder to track down due their use of technology. Trafficking of foreign women for the sex industry is now endemic throughout the country they claim, while shockingly Irish women are being forced back on the game, due to the recession. [...more]
We've seen this situation before with snails and frogs. Now it's the turn of pinkeens and bats to bring urgent bridge repairs and reconstruction to a halt in the midlands. [...more]
A high powered fire hose was turned on a teenage girl at the Ballydowd childcare unit because she refused to get out bed. Eyewitnesses claim that the girl was fired hosed by a senior staff member as other horrified care workers watched on, and other children present jeered and cheered. [...more]
There are numerous contenders for the inaugural slot on Wired Up Wrong, but no doubt we will get around to them all in good time. However, the winner by more than just a neck or a hard neck for that matter for this dubious honour simply has to be Mary Harney and the HSE. [...more]
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