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Political career
Brady first became involved in politics in 2004 when he was elected to a seat on Bray Town Council. In 2009, he was elected to Wicklow County Council. In the 2016 Irish general election, he was elected to the Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála for Wicklow, becoming Sinn Féin's first national elected representative in Wicklow for over 100 years. He sat on the Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. He was re-elected in the 2020 Irish general election after assistance from Sinn Féin activists from County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. In 2019, it was reported that Brady was one of nine Sinn Féin elected representatives who had chosen not to make a recommended contribution to the party.

Personal life
Brady lives in a council house in Bray with his wife and five children. Before entering politics, he was a carpenter which he practiced professionally until 2013 when his business collapsed. In 2004, he extended his council house with a roof installation. As he lacked planning permission for the extension, Wicklow County Council attempted to evict Brady, which he refused. Brady took the council to the High Court in 2016 over it. Brady was successful in the court case and the eviction notice was quashed.