Rory Hennessy

Rory O’Sullivan-Hennessy is a Ph.D. student, supported by a Science Foundation Ireland Postgraduate Research Scholarship, currently researching in the area of disruptive technologies and digital health. Rory read law as an undergraduate at Trinity College, having been conferred with the LL.B. degree in 2016 and then the LL.M. in 2017. Rory joined the Privacy and Data Security team of Mason Hayes & Curran, one of Ireland’s leading commercial law firms, in 2018 as a Legal Executive, helping to advise tech clients including Facebook, WhatsApp and Airbnb on their privacy structuring.
In 2019, Rory was awarded a fully-funded, competitive research scholarship of four years’ duration by Science Foundation Ireland’s Centre for Research Training in Artificial Intelligence (CRT-AI). The CRT-AI is Ireland’s dedicated academic hub for doctoral training in AI technology. Under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Mulligan (TCD School of Law) and Dr. Dave Lewis (TCD School of Computer Science and Statistics), Rory’s thesis puts forward proposals for the ethical regulation of artificial intelligence technologies in the healthcare space.
In September 2020, Rory joined the Law School of University College Cork as a Lecturer of Technology Law, delivering modules in Privacy & Data Protection Law, Intellectual Property Law and Cybercrime (as well as the Law Faculty of Griffith College Dublin as a Lecturer of Tort Law). Rory currently delivers seminars in law to Trinity’s LL.B. students, and tutors on the Trinity EthicsLab elective with Professor Linda Hogan of the TCD School of Ecumenics. In 2020, Rory began delivering a series of Ethics and Professionalism workshops in the TCD School of Medicine in the areas of medical ethics, digital health and data protection. Rory also works closely with the bodies governing equestrian sport in Ireland, including Horse Sport Ireland, and acts as the National Children’s Officer for the Irish Pony Club.

Supervisors: Dr. Andrea Mulligan