PRECYLI

About
Our Research

About

Project Objectives:

To advance the state of the art in cybercrime research, and particularly to appraise the effectiveness of legislative interventions aimed at preventing cybercrime and prosecuting offenders in Ireland.
To promote the inclusion of Ireland in comparative European and international cybercrime research, through the collection and analysis of empirical data.
To contribute to cybercrime-related policymaking, including through stakeholder engagement.

Our Research

This project seeks to establish the effectiveness of legislation in combatting cybercrime and the prosecution of offenders within the Irish jurisdiction. It aims to do so by analysing the implementation of this legislation and the practical effects produced by related policies, strategies and decisions, including by engaging with decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders.

Research Questions

This project will contribute to the wider understanding of:

How the applicable law supports the prevention of cybercrimes and prosecution of cyber offenders;
What legal and policy-based actions are necessary to enhance Ireland’s resilience to cybercrime;
Whether and how a failure to adequately protect against the threat of cybercrime might affect Ireland’s position of data leadership.

The project runs from September 2021 to the end of August 2025 and will result in four types of substantive outputs.

Empirical research with policymakers and relevant stakeholders to investigate how the applicable law supports the prevention and prosecution of cybercrimes.
Academic and policy outputs to inform the public debate around cybercrime in Ireland.
A national conference on cybercrime (subject to additional funds being made available).