A Dublin businessman, who lived off the earnings of prostitution has been jailed for two years at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
39-year old Brian O’Byrne of Temple View Row, Clare Hall, Donaghmede, pleaded guilty to allowing a premises to be used as a brothel on November 11th, 1999.
Mr O’Byrne is the first person to be jailed in this jurisdiction for charges relating to the running of brothels.