Royston Mathew Brady (born 24 August 1972) is an Irish businessman and former politician, who was lord mayor of Dublin between 2003 and 2004. Background and early life Brady was born in Holles Street Hospital brought up in Artane, he was one of the nine children of Richard Brady from Dublin's inner city and Doreen Lynch from Clanbrassil Street; his father 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 Vincent's GAA Club. He attended St. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S. in Fairview and later studied in Athlone RTC, Louvain in Belgium and Boston College USA. Business life 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. 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 alleged "illegal" bar licensing practices. Mr.Brady subsequently project managed the opening of Parnell's GAA Club, in Coolock, a multi-million-pound development, including state of the art playing facilities, clubhouse and gym. Brady has also served on a number of boards including Dublin Port, Dublin Tourism and Dublin Enterprise Board. Political career 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. At his inauguration, he declared that he would be a people's mayor, insisting that Dubliners deserved better than a token figurehead. He said he was making the issue of street crime in Dublin one of his top priorities and while in office he was publicly critical of then minister Michael McDowell's efforts against crime and at one point referred to him as a bully giving the two fingers to Dublin. Brady worked to tackle homelessness in Dublin receiving an International Honour for his efforts. He also hosted a homeless couple's