The mother of a young woman who was a key witness during the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has criticised the media over their treatment of her daughter.
Ms Brooke McVeigh was the focus of a number of articles in various newspapers at the weekend.
Her mother, Mrs Marian McVeigh, said she had been harassed by the media since the conclusion of the trial.
"She's been followed up to UCD and photographers have been jumping out of hedges," Mrs McVeigh said.
"She's been portrayed very, very badly; she's a very serious, studious girl and she doesn't deserve this harassment by the press."
Mrs McVeigh said on RTÉ Radio's Liveline she was "absolutely shocked" when her daughter received an unsolicited letter from the Sunday World, offering "several thousand euro" for an interview.
Ms McVeigh was misquoted in another newspaper, her mother claimed. "She never gave an interview," she said. "[Brooke] said she had nothing to say, she said she had nothing to do with this and she said she hadn't been in touch with anyone."
Mrs McVeigh also criticised the use of photographs of her daughter taken some years ago, when she did part-time modelling, and her description as a model.
Her daughter was now studying for a masters degree in UCD and hoped to follow a career in accountancy, she said. "Well Brooke is very upset, I mean, she's got a career to look into, and she's got her studies to do and she feels very, very sorry for everybody concerned, but she says she's been really harassed by the press and misquoted."
Ms McVeigh was one of the witnesses to the melée in which Mr Murphy was killed.
During the trial it also emerged that the row began when members of Mr Murphy's group jeered Mr Andrew Frame, who said they "were annoyed because I was with a girl called Brooke McVeigh, or something like that, while I was on holiday in Spain".
Ms McVeigh was friendly with a number of those in Mr Murphy's group, Mr Frame said. Mr Frame was acquitted of the manslaughter of Mr Murphy on the direction of the judge. He was also found not guilty by the jury of violent disorder.