Orla O'Donnell

Two women who challenged their prosecution over their alleged refusal to quarantine in a hotel after they returned from Dubai during the Covid-19 pandemic, have lost their Supreme Court appeal on the issue.

DNA samples matching the profile of MMA fighter Conor McGregor were found on the body, underwear and clothes of the woman accusing him of rape, the High Court has heard.

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has told the the High Court that he answered "no comment" to more than 100 questions asked by gardaí investigating an allegation of rape against him because he was "beyond petrified".

Evidence has concluded in the civil action taken by 35-year-old Nikita Hand against mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor and another man, over an alleged rape in a Dublin hotel six years ago.

A woman who has accused mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of rape will always be a marked woman, because she stood up to him, her lawyer has told the High Court.

The jury in the legal action taken by Nikita Hand against mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor and another man has been told they must look at all the evidence and should not speculate.

Nikita Hand has won her civil case against Conor McGregor. She was awarded nearly €250,000 in damages after the High Court jury found that she was raped by Conor McGregor in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.

Nikita Hand has won her High Court case against MMA fighter Conor McGregor.

The woman who accused Conor McGregor and his friend of rape moved this year after her property was invaded by a group of men wearing balaclavas who stabbed her partner and broke her windows, it can now be reported.

The civil action taken by Nikita Hand against Conor McGregor and his friend, James Lawrence, will return to the High Court later this week when Mr