# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-hayes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:30:19.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-hayes"
name: "Brian Hayes"
slug: "brian-hayes"
description: "Brian Hayes is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Opposition in the Seanad and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2002 to 2007. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2014 to 2019. He was as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1997 to 2002 and 2007 to 2014. He was also a Senator from 1995 to 1997, after being nominated by the Taoiseach and from 2002 to 2007 for the Cultural and Educational Panel."
tagline: "Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Minister_Brian_Hayes_at_Sneem_River.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-08-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.343377333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/brianhayesBPFI"
    handle:    "brianhayesBPFI"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BrianHayesFG"
    handle:    "BrianHayesFG"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brianhayes.ie"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hayes"
    title: "Brian Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "برايان هايز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "برايان هايز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hayes"
    title: "Brian Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hayes_(politician)"
    title: "Brian Hayes (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hayes"
    title: "Brian Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hayes"
    title: "Brian Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4963985"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump