Ms O’Brien stated she was “in awe” of Nikita Hand and her civil courtroom victory proved to different victims that “you continue to have a voice”.
The protest was organised by ROSA, a socialist feminist motion, as a part of Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence towards Ladies.
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 towards McGregor.
The next 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 steadiness of chances.
‘Ladies do not feel secure’
Donna McCarthy, who travelled from County Kerry to attend the protest, stated the DPP’s remedy of Ms Hand was “completely disgraceful”.
“I feel they need to have taken her case.
“I feel girls and women of Eire, even when now we have gained our small instances, now we have to battle for the remainder of them that did not truly get there or aren’t heard.”
Deirdre De Feu, one other protester, stated it was vital to attend “as a result of girls aren’t feeling secure anyplace within the streets or within the public space or at residence”.
“So the vital factor is that all of us come collectively to help any lady in want.”
Donna Heaney from the survivors’ group Sisi stated that victims should be heard and believed.
“The truth that the DPP weren’t in a position to prosecute that is large and I am so glad there was some form of justice – it wasn’t sufficient,” she stated.
“So many victims undergo the identical factor.”
The DPP advised Ms Hand in 2020 that there was “inadequate proof” to carry a legal case and there was not an affordable prospect of conviction.
Ms Hand requested the DPP to evaluation the choice, saying she felt she was being handled in a different way as a result of one of many suspects was well-known.
Requested in regards to the DPP’s resolution to not prosecute, the outgoing Irish justice minister, Helen McEntee stated on the weekend: “We have now a really impartial system on this nation, and I feel that is proper.
“I actually assume it is vital that we respect that independence.”