Worrying.
These nail bars are on every main street in every town and city in Ireland.
Whilst charging top dollar for services, many seem to operate on a cash only basis.
They often operate seven days a week and open for long hours during the day.
Who regulates them?😮
Have you visited one of those nail bars mushrooming up all over the place recently, and concluded the reason the non-Irish "nail technician", frequently a man, is wearing a mask, is for hygiene purposes?
Not at all, it's to discourage you from engaging in conversation with what may well be a trafficked person.
So says Garda Detective Chief Superintendent Thelma Watters in this new @GardaInfo podcast, from 20:00 onwards for this specific passage.
youtube.com/watch?v=QtQ83-90…
Is anyone joining the dots between traffickers charging people €25,000 to get to Ireland, to non-EU work permits, to Workplace Relations Commission inspections (which have dropped off under enterprise minister Peter Burke)?
Oct 7, 2026 · 9:14 AM UTC
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