The Times reports that new laws which have made it illegal to pay for sex in Northern Ireland have resulted in just one arrest. Sex worker support groups said that the figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, proved that the measures
could not be enforced. The legislation, which came into effect in June means that sex workers are no longer able to make basic security checks such as getting to know who their customers are. Meanwhile it has the potential to destroy the lives of
men and their families just for wanting to get laid. Update: Populist law 4th November 2015. F rom thetimes.co.uk The Northern Ireland justice minister has said he disagrees with plans to make it illegal
to pay for sex in the Republic after The Times reported that just one man was prosecuted under similar legislation in the North. David Ford said the laws, brought in after a vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly in June, were the result of populism rather than practicalism
and are not useful. | 
