The rapid availability of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals is facilitating the rise of prostitution in Cork city, according to Garda sources. File photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
A woman in a leopard-print wool robe and fluffy slippers smoked a cigarette in the early afternoon sun outside a short-term rental on a quiet Cork street, her black hair tied back in a loose ponytail. deep
Black plastic garbage bags have been taped to the ground-floor windows of the building, which was recently renovated and rented on a short-term basis.
Cigarette butts temporarily piled up on the sidewalk outdoors as men smoked as they waited for their appointments, many of them well-dressed, professional-looking, in their 30s and 40s, some nervously looking at their phones to distract themselves or check location.
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