[3] A graduate of St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook, Bradley is a teacher from County Armagh.

He acted as Director of Elections for Seamus Mallon MP and for the SDLP in the Newry and Mourne District Council area.

[citation needed] Membership: Bradley is an Irish language speaker, and is education editor of the daily newspaper Lá Nua.

[4] He studied at Queen's University, Belfast for a joint honours degree in English Literature and Language.

As a mature student he went to the University of Ulster where he studied for and attained a master's degree in Irish Language and Literature.