Women's project bids to block lapdancing club
A group helping the victims of sex trafficking will today join local residents in their campaign to stop a new lapdancing club in Dublin.
Peter Stringfellow is due to apply for a dance licence in court so that he can open his club on Parnell Street early next year.
The Ruhama women’s project said it was firmly opposed to the application.
“Lapdancing is part of the global sex industry, where women are exploited and abused on a vast scale. We fully support the North Inner City Residents in their campaign to keep Peter Stringfellow out of their residential area,” said spokeswoman Gerardine Rowley.
The North Inner City Residents’ Group is expected to object to the club at the court hearing because of the club’s location close to a complex for the elderly, a girls’ secondary school and a popular toy store.
Mr Stringfellow has insisted his lapdancing club will gentrify the deprived north inner city area around Parnell Street and and has said that residents should accept his international reputation.
The licence application is expected to be made at 10.30am in the Richmond District Court.
