Royston Mathew Brady (born 24 August 1972) is an Irish businessman and former politician, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin between 2003 and 2004.
Once considered a protégé of Bertie Ahern,[1] Brady fell foul of the Fianna Fáil party in the mid-2000s and drifted out of Irish politics.
[1] 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.
[5] Brady left his job as general manager at Roganstown Hotel Country Club in Swords, County Dublin after highlighting alleged "illegal" bar licensing practices.
[9] On taking office, he declared that he would be a people's mayor, insisting that Dubliners deserved better than a token figurehead.
[7] 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 the efforts of Michael McDowell, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, against crime and at one point referred to him as a bully giving the two fingers to Dublin.
[1] While Lord Mayor, Brady was awarded a knighthood by the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in recognition of Dublin City Council's work "in assisting homeless people".