Editing Lap dance (section)

====Northern Ireland====
Northern Ireland's first lap dancing club was opened by [[Donegal (town)|Donegal]] businessman Jerome Brennan, who already owned lap dancing clubs in [[Dundalk]] and [[Limerick]] in the Republic of Ireland, mainly using dancers from Russia and the Baltic states.<ref name=McDonald1>{{cite news|title=Lap dancers ready to scandalise Ulster|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/feb/24/northernireland|author=Henry McDonald|date=24 February 2002|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> In 2002 Brennan opened the Movie Star Cafe, a lap dancing club in [[Belfast]],<ref name=Groom>{{cite news|title=Lapdance Club Boss Groomed Girl, 15, on Internet|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lapdance-club-boss-groomed-girl-703855|newspaper=Mirror|date=25 October 2006|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> with dancers from Belfast and England.<ref name=McDonald2>{{cite news|title=Belfast war on the lap dance club|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/may/18/northernireland.henrymcdonald|newspaper=The Guardian|author=Henry McDonald|date=18 May 2003|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> The Belfast club was officially opened as a restaurant to circumvent Northern Ireland's licensing laws. The opening of the club was opposed by Rev. David McIlveen, a minister in the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster]],<ref name=McDonald1/> and the club was often picketed by protesters from the church<ref name=McDonald2/> and women's groups.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paedophile asks to serve jail term in Republic|url=http://www.irishnews.com/news/2013/08/20/news/paedophile-asks-to-serve-jail-term-in-republic-67959/|date=20 August 2013|author=Valerie Robinson|newspaper=The Irish News|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> In 2003 councillors from [[Belfast City Council]] expressed their intention to refuse the renewal of the club's licence,<ref name=McDonald2/> and the club closed in November 2003 with debts of over £300,000.<ref name=Groom/> Brennan's nightclub in Dundalk remained open.<ref>{{cite news|title=Assaulted two Gardai on leaving nightclub|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/news/assaulted-two-gardai-on-leaving-nightclub-26914105.html|newspaper=The Argus|date=6 August 2004|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref>

A few years later Northern Ireland businessman Lawrence John organised lap dancing at a [[Hooters]] bar, followed by a clandestine lap dancing club in Belfast in 2007.  It was the subject of a report on the [[BBC Northern Ireland]] TV programme [[Spotlight (BBC Northern Ireland TV programme)|Spotlight]] in 2008 alleging that simulated lesbian [[sex show]]s took place on the premises.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sex Industry in Northern Ireland: Private Dancers|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/sex-industry-in-northern-ireland-private-dancers-28140383.html|first=Gail|last=Walker|date=4 July 2008|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref>