Privacy Law in Ireland

About the author

Róisín Á Costello is Assistant Professor of EU Law at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

She was previously Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and Georgetown Law, Róisín is a qualified barrister and researches and works on EU law, fundamental rights (with a particular focus on privacy and property rights), media law, language rights, and law and literature. Her research has been supervised by and conducted alongside some of the leading privacy lawyers in Ireland, and internationally, including Professor Julie E Cohen, Professor Alvaro Bedoya and Professor Neil M Richards, Dr Federico Fabbrini and Dr Eoin O'Dell.

Róisín has previously worked with the Georgetown Centre for Privacy and Technology Law and epic.org in Washington DC, researching the interaction of privacy and consumer technologies, and has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals on the subjects of privacy and data protection. Róisín completed her PhD in Law at Trinity College Dublin where her doctoral research was funded by the Irish Research Council and examined private actors as norm setters in the digital environment. Prior to joining DCU, Róisín was Assistant Lecturer in Media and IT Law at Maynooth University and taught at Trinity College Dublin.
Ronan Lupton is a Senior Counsel practising in the areas of Commercial, Chancery and Media Law and has a keen interest in privacy law. He has particular expertise in Defamation, Data Protection, eCommerce, Freedom of Expression, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Media Contempt, and has a special interest in Shareholder Oppression Disputes and Communications Regulatory Law. In addition to his legal practice, Ronan lectures on the Data Protection and Governance Law programme and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin. He has taught Data Protection and Privacy Law at both undergraduate and post graduate level. Ronan is a media law adviser to a number of large media organisations and routinely advises on prepublication and post publication matters. He also advises on complex commercial and technology contracting matters in both the private and public law spheres. He appears as counsel in all forms of commercial, chancery and media law disputes. Ronan was called to the Bar in 2008 and became a Senior Counsel in 2021. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2019. Ronan has acted as an adviser to the Government on media related matters and issues connected to online content, online harms and the welfare and safety of children online.

In addition to a civil law practice, Ronan has an active interest in developments in communications regulation and competition law. He has very significant experience in both areas and held a number of senior management roles in the telecommunications and Internet sectors prior to commencing his legal practice at the bar in 2008. He currently acts as independent chair to the telecommunications industry association ALTO.
Ronan Lupton is a Senior Counsel practising in the areas of Commercial, Chancery and Media Law and has a keen interest in privacy law. He has particular expertise in Defamation, Data Protection, eCommerce, Freedom of Expression, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Media Contempt, and has a special interest in Shareholder Oppression Disputes and Communications Regulatory Law. In addition to his legal practice, Ronan lectures on the Data Protection and Governance Law programme and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin. He has taught Data Protection and Privacy Law at both undergraduate and post graduate level. Ronan is a media law adviser to a number of large media organisations and routinely advises on prepublication and post publication matters. He also advises on complex commercial and technology contracting matters in both the private and public law spheres. He appears as counsel in all forms of commercial, chancery and media law disputes. Ronan was called to the Bar in 2008 and became a Senior Counsel in 2021. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2019. Ronan has acted as an adviser to the Government on media related matters and issues connected to online content, online harms and the welfare and safety of children online.

In addition to a civil law practice, Ronan has an active interest in developments in communications regulation and competition law. He has very significant experience in both areas and held a number of senior management roles in the telecommunications and Internet sectors prior to commencing his legal practice at the bar in 2008. He currently acts as independent chair to the telecommunications industry association ALTO.

Product details

• Authors: Róisín Á Costello
• Assisted by: Ronan Lupton (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.2023
• EAN: 9781526524485
• ISBN: 978-1-5265-2448-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: COMPUTERS / Security / General, LAW / Privacy, Ireland, Privacy & data protection, Privacy and data protection, Privacy law