One of the youths involved in the DCU 'consent' vandalism has posted a public apology and some context behind the video.

The video shows the guys hitting balloons and tearing down clothes hung up in Dublin City University.

The youth who issued the apology online said: "We would like to apologise for those affected by the display of ignorance on our behalf on Monday evening.

"We now know how this was to commemorate and raise awareness to those who have been sexually abused or assaulted, we never intended anyone to be hurt by this and we too understand the severity of the topic at hand.

"We were attending the "Blind Dates" event which was set up by the SU in which a lot of alcohol was consumed on our behalf. The whole event was filled with sexual references, innuendo and all kinds of boyish behaviours like inflated condoms being passed around the crowd.

"This humour spilled out of the event and into the hallway where we saw all of the underwear on display, now bearing in mind, not one of us that were involved in the ruining of the display attend DCU so we can solemnly swear that we were unaware that there was a consent awareness campaign being carried out in the college this week and that this display was apart of it.

"Out intentions during the mess we caused was simply to wind up one of our friends who organised the "Blind Dates" event, meaning he would have had more to clean up as we left, leaving us completely unaware of what the underwear were there for.

"Directly after the incident one of the bouncers arrived and addressed the situation. He then informed us of what the display was actually for. When we found out we were very apologetic and ashamed, and tried our best to put the display back together.

"Please understand that our intention was never to harm or disagree with the campaign."

The display is a reference to the 'It Stops Now' campaign, which aims to prevent sexual violence and harassment in third-level education. It is being funded by the European Commission.

The video was shared on social media, where it quickly gained attention on twitter with a severe backlash of comments.

DCU's Student Union said about the video: "To the students who tore down this display because you thought it would be funny, good craic, or anything of the sort; it’s not.

"The level of disrespect & ignorance shown is exactly why things like this are so very necessary. This is vandalism and this is not ok.”

The video has been taken down by the original uploader, but is still visible online by those who shared it. Others have asked for the video to be taken down.