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Rory Brady (20 August 1957 – 19 July 2010) was an Irish
barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdiction (area), jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, jurisprud ...
who served as the
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from 2002 to 2007. He served as a Member of the
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, and was a mediator on the
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in
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. He was
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at
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in the
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, and was considered a candidate for the
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.


Early life

Brady was born on 20 August 1957. He sat his
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at
Synge Street CBS Synge Street CBS (colloquially Synger) is a boys' non-fee-paying state school, under the auspices of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, located in the Dublin 8 area of Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1864 by Canon ...
in 1975. He studied law at
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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.


Career

Brady was called to the Irish bar from
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in 1979 and to the
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from
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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
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Complaints Board (from April 2002 to June 2002). After the 2002 general election he was nominated by
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,
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, to be
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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
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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, becoming a barrister again, and receiving a
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package of what was reported to be either €87,000 or more than €200,000. Brady was Chairperson of the
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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 Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in several ...
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
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case.
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's
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stated that Brady had served "with distinction". Hundreds of people, including politicians, attended his removal, while his funeral was also well attended. His interment was in
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.


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External links


Attorney General profile
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