Ms Anna Ní Nualláin:

Many of the people I would deal with are very young. Some of them would have been minors when it happened. For many victims, they do not realise for some time after it happens that they have been assaulted. They are in denial and trying to convince themselves that what happened was not that bad and they make excuses for the other person. There is such a lad culture nobody wants to ruin the buzz or cause a fuss and so people let things go. It is very often months or years down the line before a person acknowledges that what happened was not on. At that point, the question is whether there is any point going to the Garda to report what happened at a fleadh house. It is so difficult that many people do not want to report. If they do, it is retraumatising and often it does not get them anywhere.