36-year-old Charity Ajayioba, of no fixed abode, kept brothels in Sligo and Longford and admitted directing the activities of prostitutes between July and September 2007.
The investigating garda told the court that Ajayioba, who is originally from Nigeria, was not a victim of sexual exploitation or human trafficking.
She was arrested in April last year as part of Operation Meas, an investigation by the Garda National Immigration Bureau into brothel keeping and human trafficking.
Det Sgt McGrath told the court that the State's principal witness was a prostitute found in a house in the Rathbaun estate in Sligo who had been working for Ajayioba.
She made a 31-page statement and identified three brothels in Sligo and one in Longford. She said she earned €44,300, gave half to Ajayioba and spent the rest on rent and bills.
Ajayioba's defence counsel claimed she was trapped in Ireland and moved around as a prostitute.
This was rejected by the detective who said she was neither a victim of human trafficking nor sexual exploitation, but a suspect at all times.
Judge Martin Nolan sentenced her to three years in prison.
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