Abstracts: November 2003

November 2, 2003
I'm your private dancer. A dancer for money
Sunday Life
Sinead McCavana
According to this article:
This week, Donegal businessman, Jerome Brennan (responsible for opening the first lapdancing club in Belfast) launched a dial-a-dancer service.  "Fantasy Dates", a lap-dancing/escort service was announced on Nov. 1 and will be based in Dublin with an office in Belfast.  Brennan said the service is legal and is now up and running.  He said there was "no sex for sale" and that there would be both male and female dancers, available for dinner or "just for company".  Brennan said the girls can also be "your private dancer" in hotel rooms and they are available for "anything, except sex". The escorts will primarily be current or former erotic dancers. 

Until recently, Brennan owned a chain of Le Chic lap-dancing clubs in the Republic (Dundalk, Limerick and Dublin.)  He said he turned to escort services because the lap-dancing club market is in decline.  He said he had retired from the clubs but that he still has an interest in the Movie Star Cafe.

Quote:
"I found businessmen are not going to lap dancing clubs anymore, because of negative publicity. "They are afraid of being caught in a police raid. "Even stag parties aren't going, because of the horror stories people have heard, and, girlfriends don't want them to go now. "The whole thing was blown out of all proportion."