Protests in Belfast and Dublin after rugby players' rape acquittal
Paddy Jackson addresses the media outside court after being cleared of rape on Wednesday.Protests have been held in cities on either side of the Irish border after two Ireland rugby internationals were acquitted of rape.Up to 1,000 people took part in a demonstration in Belfast on Thursday after a jury’s unanimous verdicts on Wednesday in the case of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Holding, who were accused of raping a woman in June 2016.
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