A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for organising prostitution in Sligo.
However, Judge Tony Hunt suspended half of the sentence on condition that Luis Delgado leaves Ireland immediately after his sentence is served and does not return for ten years.
Delgado pleaded guilty to the charge of organising prostitution at four different addresses in Sligo town and county between December 2005 and April 2008.
Sligo Circuit Court was told that there was no violence or coercion involved and that the business was not very profitable, although some weeks were busier than others.
Delgado was born in Angola but grew up in Portugal and moved to Ireland in 2002.
He had previously served time in jail in Holland on charges relating to heroin and cocaine and the possession of firearms and ammunition.
