Growth continued in 2010, and Dimestore Recordings and Jack of Diamonds Productions hosted a stage with a number of their acts from their weekly events.

[8][9] Fitzpatrick, a jazz singer,[10] noted that the Gardaí "had no notion of asking why I had my top off, because they had already decided that it was out of pure licentiousness",[6] even though what she had simply wanted to express was that "women should be free to dress as they wish without being objectified or sexualised".

[6] According to the Irish Times, other men and women, emboldened by Fitzpatrick's actions, took their tops off and displayed "Free Carina" messages written on their bodies.

[6] "In an age of revenge porn and slut-shaming, where men threaten to humiliate women by posting pictures of their body parts online", Fitzpatrick noted that "the only defence is sexual confidence.

[10][8][7][11] Fitzpatrick also considered that the "censorship of women at Knockanstockan by the authorities was (for many people) a degradation of the innocence and the freedom of expression that (were) integral to the festival's culture.

"[7] In an August 2016 Facebook post shared thousands of times afterwards, Fitzpatrick explained that the aim of her actions was to highlight "the many glaring double standards that are imposed upon women".

[8][12][6] The Irish Naturist Association, also in a Facebook post, noted that they believed the protest was "just the start of a campaign that if common sense prevails will lead to a more equal society here in Ireland".