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'If pubs are selling c**k rings, how are they going to regulate sex shops?'

Suggestions to regulate sex shops in the same way as casinos has been mooted.

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Jul 29th 2015, 12:30 PM

Ireland's Sex Shops: 'Everyone has a kink, they just might not know it yet'

We explore this rapidly changing area of retail in Ireland.

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Jul 26th 2015, 9:30 PM

There's a new sex shop opening in Dublin next to a national school, and some people are not happy

Kilkenny-based adult store Playblue is expanding to the capital.

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Jun 10th 2015, 4:07 PM