Brady was
called to the Irish bar from
King's Inns in 1979 and to the
English bar from
Middle Temple in 1986. He was made a
senior counsel 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". He was a member of several statutory bodies within Ireland, including the Courts Service Board (October 2000 to June 2002); the
Censorship of Publications Board (which he chaired from December 2001 to June 2002); and the
Garda Síochána Complaints Board (from April 2002 to June 2002). After the
2002 general election he was nominated by
Taoiseach,
Bertie Ahern, to be
Attorney General for the
Fianna Fáil-led coalition. As such he was plaintiff in the 2005–6 case of Indonesian-born
Tristan Dowse, an Irish citizen via an
international adoption which had been
disrupted. In January 2006, he told the
Health Service Executive to repay €48 million in alleged illegal fees it received from nursing home residents. He was embroiled in the "Mr A" case which unexpectedly overturned
the state's age-of-consent law, but an official report blamed a subordinate for not notifying him in advance of the hearing. He resigned as Attorney General in 2007, in what was considered a surprise move, or more than €200,000. Brady was Chairperson of the
Irish Takeover Panel from April 2008 until his death. Brady died in July 2010, after two years of illness and was survived by his wife and two daughters. Taoiseach
Brian Cowen called him one of the "finest and most able barristers of his time", while Bertie Ahern said he was "a great Dubliner who had a strong affinity with his native city" and that he was his "closest and most trusted colleague at the cabinet table. He was never anything less than brilliant". Ahern had been assisted by Brady in a
defamation case. Hundreds of people, including politicians, attended his removal, while his funeral was also well attended. His interment was in
Mount Jerome Cemetery. ==References==