Key publications
Breslin, R., and O’Connor, M., 2024. Commercial Sexual Exploitation: The Impact of Technology – Insights from the Irish Sex Trade. Dublin: The SERP Institute.
Breslin, R., and Canning, M., 2023. Pathways to Exit: A Study of Women’s Journeys Out of Prostitution and the Response to Their Complex Support Needs. Dublin: SERP.
Canning, M., Keenan, M. and Breslin, R., 2023. Protecting Against Predators: A Scoping Study on the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People in Ireland. Dublin: SERP, Geary Institute for Public Policy.
Tyler, M., and Breslin, R., April 2023. Divergent Approaches to Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: Australia and Ireland. The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy [online].
Breslin, R, 2022. OnlyFans is Surviving and Thriving – But Why Celebrate? [blog post].
Breslin, R., Canning, M., de Faoite, M., and Keenan, M., 2022. Gender Equality and Sexual Consent in the Context of Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Study by the Sexual Exploitation Research Programme in Collaboration with the National Women’s Council. Dublin: SERP, Geary Institute for Public Policy.
Breslin, R., Latham, L., and O’Connor, M., 2021. Confronting the Harm: Documenting the Prostitution Experiences and Impacts on Health and Wellbeing of Women Accessing the Health Service Executive Women’s Health Service. Dublin: SERP.
Cantillon, S. and O’Connor, M., 2021. ‘Gender, equality and the sex trade.’ Women’s Studies International Forum, 89.102532.
Breslin, R., 2020. Exploitation ‘as usual’: Emerging Evidence on the Impact of Covid-19 on Ireland’s Sex Trade. Dublin: SERP.
O’Connor, M., and Breslin, R., 2020. Shifting the Burden of Criminality: An Analysis of the Irish Sex Trade in the Context of Prostitution Law Reform. Dublin: SERP.
O’Connor, M., 2019. The Sex Economy. UK: Agenda Publishing.
O’Connor, M., and Yonkova, N., 2019. Gender, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and prostitution. In Black, L., and Dunne, P., (eds). Law and Gender in Modern Ireland: Critique and Reform. UK: Hart Publishing (pp. 39-54).
Charlton, D., and O’Connor, M., 2018. Disrupt Demand: Comparative Report Examining Campaign Strategies in Member States to Introduce Legislative Measures to Discourage Demand for Sex Trafficking. Dublin: Immigrant Council of Ireland.
O’Connor, M., 2017. ‘Consent, agency, choice and coercion: Complex issues in the lives of prostituted and trafficked women’. Women’s International Studies Forum, 62, (pp. 8-16).
Cosgrove, C., O’Connor, M., and Yonkova, N., 2016. Exploitative Sham Marriages and Human Trafficking in Ireland. Dublin: Immigrant Council of Ireland.
O’Connor, M., 2015. Upholding Legal Rights: Early Legal Intervention for Victims of Trafficking. (EU/ISEC Programme). Dublin: Immigrant Council of Ireland.
O’Connor, M., 2014. REACH Project Consultation: Reaching Women and Girls Vulnerable to or Experiencing Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation. Dublin: Department of Justice and Equality and Ruhama.
Breslin, R., 2014. The REACH Project: Reaching Women and Girls Vulnerable to or Experiencing Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation – Practitioner Insights. Dublin: Ruhama.
Brown, L., and Breslin, R., 2013. Cycles of Harm: Problematic Alcohol Use Amongst Women Involved in Prostitution. London: Alcohol Research UK.
Bindel, J., Breslin, R., and Brown, L., 2013. Capital Exploits: A Study of Prostitution and Trafficking in London. London: Eaves.
O’Connor, M., and Pillinger, J., 2010. Formative Evaluation of an Interagency Initiative Working to Deliver Quality Services for Victims of Sex Trafficking in Ireland. Dublin: Dublin Employment Pact.
Kelleher Associates, O’Connor, M., and Pillinger, J., 2009. Globalisation, Sex Trafficking and Prostitution: The Experiences of Migrant Women in Ireland. Dublin: Immigrant Council of Ireland.
O’Connor, M., 2008. Silencing feminism: Making sexual exploitation invisible and legitimate. In Barry, U., (ed). Where Are We Now? New Feminist Perspectives on Women in Contemporary Ireland. Dublin: Tasc at New Island Press.
Healy, G., and O’Connor, M., 2006. The Links Between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking. European Women’s Lobby and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.
O’Connor, M., 2006. Second Report of the National Observatory on Violence Against Women: Focus on Pornography. The National Women’s Council of Ireland and the European Women’s Lobby.
O’Connor, M., 2004. First Report of the National Observatory on Violence Against Women: Focus on Prostitution. The National Women’s Council of Ireland and the European Women’s Lobby.