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Dr. Róisin Costello

Assistant Professor (Law)

 ROISIN.ACOSTELLO@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Róisín is an Assistant Professor of EU and International Law and a practicing barrister. Róisín is a graduate of the LLB and PhD programmes at TCD, The Honorable Society of Kings Inns, the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and Georgetown Law. Prior to joining TCD Róisín was an Assistant Professor at Maynooth University (2019-2020) and at Dublin City University (2020-2023). Róisín's research has been funded by the IRC, the ESRC, and the AHRC among others. She is the author of `Privacy Law in Ireland (Bloomsbury, 2023), `Law in Irish Literature' (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) and is the co-author of the forthcoming "The Data Protection Acts and the GDPR: A Commentary" (Bloomsbury, 2025). Róisín has also co-edited "Critical Reflections on the EU"s Data Protection Regime" (Hart, 2024) and "Data Protection After Brexit: Reflections from the UK and Ireland" (Hart, 2023). Róisín researches and works on EU law (with a particular focus on privacy and data protection law and EU constitutionalism), minority language rights, and law and literature. Róisín welcomes expressions of interest from prospective PhD students and post-doctoral researchers whose research interests align with those noted above or whose research engages with EU law, or relevant areas of international law, more broadly.

Research Tags

  data privacy   Data Protection Law   EU Law   Governance, Human Rights, European Union Law   International Law   law and technology   Public International Law   Sociolegal Studies

Research Projects

 Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law in a Digital Future
 International Student Scholarship
 The Legal Future of the Irish Language
 Building a Cross-border Data Protection Network
 Supporting Irish Language Use on a Cross-Community Basis"

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Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
French Fluent Fluent Fluent
Irish Fluent Fluent Fluent

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Incorporated Council of Law Reporting of Ireland January 2024 Present
Director and Board Member of the Irish Centre for European Law October 2021 Present
Board Member of the Irish Supreme Court Review February 2022 Present
Róisín Á Costello, Law in Irish Literature: Critical Approaches to Institutions, Power and Identity, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2024, Book, IN_PRESS
Brian Merriman in, editor(s)Eric Falci , The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, [Róisín Áine Costello], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Non-Material Damages under Article 82 GDPR in, editor(s)Róisín Á Costello and Mark Leiser , Critical Reflections on the EU"s Data Protection Regime, Oxford, Hart, 2024, [Róisín Á Costello], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Irish Language Rights and the Courts of Justice Act 1924 in, editor(s)Niamh Howlin , The Courts of Justice Act 1924, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2024, [Róisín Á Costello and Judge Úna Ní Raifeartaigh], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS  URL
Róisín Á Costello, The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 and compliance with the European Charter of Regional and Minority Languages, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Róisín Á Costello, McGee v Attorney General: The Beginning (and the End?) of Patriarchal Privacy in Irish Law, Dublin University Law Journal, 2024, Journal Article, IN_PRESS
Róisín Á Costello, A Computer"s Body and Its Soul: Search and Seizure of Digital Devices Following DPP v Quirke, The Irish Jurist, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Róisín Aine Costello, Privacy Law in Ireland, 1, Dublin, Bloomsbury, 2023, Book, PUBLISHED  URL
Irish Language Rights under the 1922 Constitution: Symbolism and Substance in, editor(s)Laura Cahillane and Dónal Coffey , The 1922 Constitution, Dublin, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, [Róisín Aine Costello], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Constructing a Non-Popular Populism: Freedom of Expression and Democratic Discourse Online in, editor(s)Thiago M. Moyano and Laura P. Z. Izarra , Transatlantic Crises of Democracy: Cultural Approaches, Sao Paulo, University of São Paulo Press, 2023, pp230 - 254, [Róisín Áine Costello], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
  

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Róisín Áine Costello, The Decision in Quirke v DPP: Dividing A Computer's Body and its Soul, UCD Public Law Conference, University College Dublin, 2023, 2023, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, Mionteangacha agus léirmhíniú reachtúil i R on the application of Driver v Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1759, Cumann Barra na Gaeilge: Ceardlann Forbairt Gairmiúil, An Leabharlann Dlí, 25 September 2023, 2023, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, Reflections and Recommendations on the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill 2022 / Machnaimh agus Moltaí ar an mBille Féiniúlachta agus Teanga (Tuaisceart Éireann) 2022, 2022, 2023, Report, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, Brittle Constitutionalism in the European Legal Order: Re-embedding the Social and Economic Aspects of the European Union"s Constitutional Identity, 1, Bologna, Italy, 2022, Book, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, World Bank Report on Women, Business and the Law, Irish Centre for European Law, 2022, Report, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, Language Use and Language Learning in Northern Ireland: Building Linguistic Capacity for Reconciliation / Úsáid Teanga agus Foghlaim Teanga I dTuaisceart Éireann: Cumas Teanga a Fhorbairt don Athmhuintearas , 2022, 2022, Report, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, The Official Languages Act: More than Performative Allegiance in Public Spaces?, The Legal Status of Irish, Trinity College Centre for Constitutional Law & Governance, Dublin, 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Maria Grazia Porcedda, with David Fennelly and Róisín A Costello, Data Protection and the COVID-19 Pandemic, https://www.tcd.ie/law/2020.21, Ireland, Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory, Trinity College Dublin, 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, World Bank Report on Women, Business and the Law, Irish Centre for European Law, 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
Róisín Áine Costello, World Bank Report on Women, Business and the Law, Irish Centre for European Law, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Fellow of International Economic Law (Georgetown Law) 2014-2015
International Student Scholarship (Georgetown Law) 2014-2015

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Róisín is primarily an EU lawyer and researches and works on EU law with a particular focus on privacy and data protection law and EU constitutionalism, including the intersectional of constitutional and digital rights. Róisín's work on EU law has been funded by the IRC and ESRC. The second strange of Róisín's research focuses on minority language rights, with a particular focus on regional and minority languages in the Ireland and the European Union. Róisín has received funding from the SLS, SLSA, The Arts and Humanities Research Council,and the Irish Research Council & The Department of Foreign Affairs for research projects related to her research in minority language rights. Róisín is also interested in the intersection of law and the humanities - in particular the portrayal of law and lawyers in Irish literature.