Rory Brady

Rory Brady
28th Attorney General of Ireland
In office 7 June 2002 – 14 June 2007
Taoiseach	Bertie Ahern
Preceded by	Michael McDowell
Succeeded by	Paul Gallagher
Personal details
Born	Rory Brady 20 August 1957 Dublin, Ireland
Died	19 July 2010 (2010-07-20) (aged 52) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Spouse(s)	Siobhán Brady
Children	2
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Rory Brady (20 August 1957 – 19 July 2010) was an Irish barrister. He was Attorney General of Ireland from 2002 to 2007, served on the Council of State, and was a mediator on the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. He was visiting fellow at Harvard University in the United States, and was considered a candidate for the Supreme Court of Ireland.

Brady was born on 20 August 1957. He sat his Leaving Certificate at Synge Street CBS in 1975. He studied law at University College Dublin and received a Bachelor of Civil Law Degree in 1978. Brady was a tutor in Business Law in the Faculty of Commerce at University College Dublin.

In 1979, he was called to the Irish Bar at The Honorable Society of King's Inns; and by the Middle Temple in London in 1986. Brady was called to the Inner Bar of Ireland in 1996 and was chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland from October 2000 until June 2002. He held the view that the Personal Injuries Assessment Board was a "fatally flawed project". On 6 June 2002 he was appointed as Attorney General by the President of Ireland, on the nomination of the then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. He battled for an Indonesian child in the High Court, and in January 2006, told the Health Service Executive to repay €48 million in alleged illegal fees it received from nursing home residents. When "Mr A" was released the same year, Brady was vindicated. He resigned as Attorney General in 2007 in what was considered a surprise move, becoming a barrister again, and receiving a "golden parachute" package of what was reported to be either €87,000 or more than €200,000.

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