Career
Brush Shiels had a television show on RTÉ called Office yer Brush and was twice managed by boyband mentor Louis Walsh. He now appears regularly providing musical accompaniment on the Joe Duffy Liveline radio programme on RTÉ and still performs live around venues in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Brush also enjoyed a brief spell as a football player representing Bohemian F.C. in the 1960s.
Shiels has helped Bohemians recent times by making appearances at fundraising events to try and ensure the survival of his former club
In 1971 Billboard praised Shiels, Bridgeman and Moore for their album 34 Hours suggesting the "lads will travel far". Shiels played at such internationally known music venues such as Fillmore West and Whisky a Go Go. and in 1986 played at the Self Aid benefit concert for unemployed in Ireland.
In December 2012 he suffered a heart failure caused by a viral infection and was admitted to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown for two weeks. In 2013, Brush was one of the legends from the Irish entertainment business to perform at the Philip Chevron testimonial.
