I want to do the Dublin marathon in October, and while tere, work for a couple of weeks. Has anybody done this? Where do I start?





I want to do the Dublin marathon in October, and while tere, work for a couple of weeks. Has anybody done this? Where do I start?
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I wrote this quite a while ago http://www.strip-magazine.com/mmagaz...1069933&ucat=2 but since then several new clubs have opened including a branch of Stringfellow's which is the first full nude place. Dublin is pretty rich at the moment but there are 9 clubs by my count so I can't see them all being busy.
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I worked in Ireland for six months and I had a blast. Stringfellows just opened a club there but I would not recommend it. I had a freind that left Angels to go there, worked 2 days and went back to Angels. Angels on Lower Leeson street looks like a dump but it is the best for making money. Lapello is the oldest but it is only a wine. bar. I made twice at Angels then what I did at Lapello. The clubs are sooo small and they are only topless. Do you have an EU passport? Clubs in Ireland are very strict about permits. You have to be from an EU country or have a work visa. This is because all the clubs were raided simutaneously on June 6, 2003 and a whole lotta people got into a whole lotta trouble.





Thanks, Tyke and World Dancer. I am American so it will be no problem to get an American passport, but obviously not an EU one. Who can I contact about a visa? Would I also need to have a dancer licence or some other kind of business licence, like some counties in the US make you get a sherrif's card?
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You don't need a dancers licence but you will need some sort of work permit I suspect. I'd try the Eire embassy and ask them what a US citizen needs to work in Dublin, I would not have thought it would be too difficult to get.
Tyke
World dancer, what was it that made your friend do so badly in Strings in Dublin and make her want to leave? Was it the customers? Girls? Location? Some clubs are just bad moneymakers for some because they don't feel like they fit in (no offense intended), rather than because the club is crap. A good friend of mine plans to go there this summer, I'd like to warn her of any pitfalls if there are any there. She used to work in Angels, but had a bad experience there so I doubt she'd want to go back there.
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The Stringfellow's Dublin only opened in February and for the first month or 2 there were demonstrations outside from a mixed gang of left wingers, religious nutters, and the anti English. I think it's calmed down now and I must say I'd expect it to be a success in the longer term as compared to the other Dublin clubs it's huge and plush. It's also a world famous name so I suspect visitors will feel more comfortable here than in some of the other dodgy basement places.
Tyke





Which brings me to aother question: Would an American girl bo better in a bib fancy club, or a smaller place? At home, I am definitely more comfy in smaller clubs. I had planned on working in a smaller club in Dublin and banking off the novelty of being "foreign" but it appears that there are more foreign girls than Irish ones in the Irish clubs. Also, I know what Colleen means in Irish (it means "girl") Would that sound incredibly dunb to Irish people?
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I can't really say though I think { not sure about Kitten or Valentino's which are new} all of the clubs apart from Stringfellow's are very small by US standards. When I was there most of the girls were from Eastern Europe, very few were Irish and I think as a Yank you would be a rareity.
Tyke

Stringfellows in Dublin is in a really shitty location. Stringfellows is notorious for packing in the girls and having really big house fees. Go to the best dancers website and go to their forum you will see what the girls are saying. They had to pay 40pounds a night just for accomodations!! The dance prices are also too high for Ireland. A lot of people go to stringfellows just because of all of the hype. i know this as I have worked at the London and the Paris clubs. The owners of Angels are not the best but if you just keep your head down and work you will be fine. Don't get involved in anything. AS for the Ireland work permit, the goverment will not give you one for a dancer. It is impossible now. Before the 2003 raids the clubs could sponsor you but now it is impossible because they are trying to push lapdancing out of the country. If you are a commonwealth citizen try and get your working holiday visa. As a US citizen I think you are shit out of luck. The Guardia walk in and out of the clubs all the time. You have to be so careful when you are dancing.





Well, I did send a letter to Angles and also to the Irish Embassy in Chicago. We'll see what they have to say. Do you think it would be easier to work in Northern Ireland, since itis British-controlled?
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No way, girl. It is British controlled but way too much conflict of religion that the clubs that do open are closed quite quickly. The UK clubs are like the Irish, you need papers. The papers to the UK are easier for commonwealth citizens but I know my American friends still have not been able to find a loophole. Why don't you see if you are able to take a working holiday visa to Ireland? Ask the clubs if they will hire you on it.
She's not necessarily shit out of luck. If she qualifies she can apply through BUNAC:
Or if Colleen can prove that one of her parents or grandparents is/was an Irish citizen at his/her time of death she can apply for Irish citizenship and get a second passport:





It looks like I am SOL. I'm not a student, and I am 4th generation american. Thanks anyway, guys!
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Wowsers, Batman! That BUNAC program requires $400 to apply! If I had money to throw around like that, I probably wouldn't have to work while i was on vacation... sheesh! Guess my plans to work a few nights in Dublin won't pan out, either... poop.





I got a letter of sorts back from the Irish Embassy or Counselet in Chicago. This is it:
If you are a U.S. citizen with a U.S. passport you cannot live and work in Ireland. You are allowed to stay for up to 90 days only as a tourist and must travel on a round trip ticket.
I guess that is all there is to say about that, huh?
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