Expert Speakers
ICCL's staff regularly provide expert comment for national and international media, including The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, RTÉ, and others.

Dr Johnny Ryan FRHistS
Senior Fellow
@johnnyryan
Topics: data protection, Internet privacy, tech anti-trust
Johnny was previously Chief Policy Officer at Brave, Chief Innovation Officer at The Irish Times, and a Senior Researcher at the IIEA.
He has testified and spoken at the US Senate, European Commission, European Parliament, and elsewhere.
His commentary appears in The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Economist, Wired, etc.
Olga's career as a reporter and sub-editor spans 15 years in various newspapers including The Irish Times, Business Post, Irish Daily Mail, Irish Mail on Sunday, The Irish Sun, the Ireland International News Agency, and Broadsheet.ie.
She frequently provides analysis and commentary for local, national and international press.
Recent press releases
"Glaring and dangerous omission in State’s new plan to tackle disinformation". 17 Apr 2025.
"Policing of Far-Right Intimidation in the Republic of Ireland". 15 Apr 2025.
"How not to deploy generative AI: the Story of the European Parliament". 03 Apr 2025.
"ICCL statement on the commencement of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024". 02 Apr 2025.
"ICCL Statement on INAR Report Revealing Racial Profiling and Discrimination by An Garda Síochána". 31 Mar 2025.
"ICCL statement on the Policing Authority’s Review of Public Order Policing". 20 Mar 2025.
"ICCL slams gag order against Big Tech whistleblower after she exposed Ireland’s secret GDPR “lapdog” deal with Meta". 14 Mar 2025.
"Human rights groups, victims and families call on government to investigate historic human rights violations". 27 Feb 2025.
"AI system definition guidelines fail to provide clarity". 07 Feb 2025.
"Two Irish films nominated for the ICCL Human Rights in Film Award". 30 Jan 2025.
Contact
Irish Council for Civil Liberties,
First Floor, Castleriver House,
14/15 Parliament Street,
Dublin 2, D02 FW60
Phone: +353-1-9121640
Email: info@iccl.ie