Conor McGregor: Nikita Hand support shown by hundreds in Dublin

Ms O’Brien stated she was “in awe” of Nikita Hand and her civil courtroom victory proved to different victims that “you still have a voice”.

The protest was organised by ROSA, a socialist feminist motion, as a part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence in opposition to Women.

The protesters marched from Dublin metropolis corridor, alongside the River Liffey and to the workplace of the Irish director of public prosecutions (DPP) to precise concern on the failure to take a legal case in opposition to McGregor.

A better authorized threshold applies to a legal case than a civil case.

In a legal case, the burden of proof is past cheap doubt, whereas in a civil case, it’s on the stability of possibilities.

Donna McCarthy, who travelled from County Kerry to attend the protest, stated the DPP’s therapy of Ms Hand was “absolutely disgraceful”.

“I think they should have taken her case.

“I feel girls and women of Ireland, even when we’ve got received our small circumstances, we’ve got to battle for the remainder of them that did not truly get there or should not heard.”

Deirdre De Feu, another protester, said it was important to attend “as a result of girls aren’t feeling secure anyplace within the streets or within the public space or at dwelling”.

“So the necessary factor is that all of us come collectively to help any girl in want.”

Donna Heaney from the survivors’ group Sisi said that victims need to be heard and believed.

“The proven fact that the DPP weren’t in a position to prosecute that is enormous and I’m so glad there was some form of justice – it wasn’t sufficient,” she said.

“So many victims undergo the identical factor.”

The DPP told Ms Hand in 2020 that there was “inadequate proof” to bring a criminal case and there was not a reasonable prospect of conviction.

Ms Hand asked the DPP to review the decision, saying she felt she was being treated differently because one of the suspects was famous.

Asked in regards to the DPP’s choice to not prosecute, the outgoing Irish justice minister, Helen McEntee said at the weekend: “We have a really impartial system on this nation, and I feel that is proper.

“I actually suppose it is necessary that we respect that independence.”