after implementing an editorial restructuring of the organisation, necessitated by an accumulation of high costs and a fall in advertising revenues. Editorial numbers dropped by more than 100 as journalists opted for redundancy terms. There was some staff criticism of the parting package agreed between Brady and the company, with some claims that it was over-generous at a time of financial challenge for the organisation. However, The Irish Times subsequently went into a lengthy period of marked financial success, with reduced costs, strong revenues and free of debt. He published his autobiography, entitled Up with The Times, in 2005. Between 2014 and 2019 he wrote a weekly column for the Irish edition of The Sunday Times. Academia Brady was a Visiting Professor at John Jay College, City University of New York; Senior Teaching Fellow at Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, and University College Dublin. In 2020 he was appointed as Honorary Professor in the journalism school of the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). Civic service Brady was a member of the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission from 2005 to 2011. He was chair (2003–2008) of The British-Irish Association. He served as a member of the Remembrance Commission, set up under the Good Friday Agreement. In May 2017 he was appointed to be a member of a new commission on the future of policing in Ireland but he resigned in October, citing lack of resources and political commitment. In November 2019 he was appointed by government as chair of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) which selects leadership for senior public service positions. He has been a non-executive director of ARC Cancer Support and he has been a director of the Institute of International and European Affairs. He is vice chair of Midlands Radio 103 and co-founder of CaliberAI, a defamation and harm speech technology solutions startup. Writer Brady has several published books on a range of subjects, from histories of the Irish police force to personal memoirs of his journalistic career. He also series of crime fiction novels featuring the character of "Detective Sergeant Joe Swallow", under the titles A June of Ordinary Murders, The Eloquence of the Dead,” “A Hunt in Winter” and “In the Dark River.” PublicationsGuardians of the Peace: The Irish Police (2000).Up with The Times (2005).A June of Ordinary Murders (2012).The Eloquence of the Dead (2013).The Guarding of Ireland: The Garda Siochana & the Irish