Royston Brady

Royston Mathew Brady (born 24 August 1972) is an Irish businessman and former politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin between 2003–2004.

Brady was born in Holles Street hospital on Dublin's southside and brought up in Artane, he was one of nine children of Richard Brady from Dublin inner city and Doreen Lynch from Clanbrassil Street. Richard Brady was a taxi-driver, showband singer and furniture dealer.

He attended the Billie Barry stage school and appeared as an extra in the film Excalibur in 1981, he was also an under age footballer with St. Vincents GAA Club.

He was educated by the Christian Brothers in St. Josephs in Fairview and later studied in Athlone RTC, Louvain in Belgium and Boston College USA.

Brady married Michelle McConalogue from Carndonagh, County Donegal in December 2003 they currently live in the United States with their children.

His father won an All Ireland minor medal with Dublin in 1954.

Having trained as a hotelier in the US and Ireland Brady became general manager of the Royal Marine Hotel in Dún Laoghaire in June 1997. He has served on a number of boards including Dublin Port, Dublin Tourism and Dublin Enterprise Board. From 2000 to 2003 he worked as a consultant for training agency CERT. In 2005 he set up Alpha Recruitment, a recruitment and Consultancy Company specialising in the hotel and tourism sectors. Having built up the business it was sold for an undisclosed sum to Stepone Recruitment in 2008. Brady left his job as General Manager at Roganstown Hotel Country Club in Swords, Co Dublin after highlighting “illegal” bar licensing practices. [1] Mr.Brady subsequently projected managed the opening of Parnell's GAA Club, in Coolock, north Dublin a multimillion-pound development including state of the art playing facilities, clubhouse and gym. [2]

Brady was elected to Dublin City Council in June 1999 as a Fianna Fáil candidate. Aged 26, he was the youngest member of the council at the time. In 2000 he served as deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin and in 2003 was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin.

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