He is the former media adviser to John Bruton and has trained Iraqi con-man Ahmad Chalabi in "television techniques". Among other things he claimed to be "impressed by [Chalabi's] vision of a Gulf settlement where Israel would be treated as a good neighbour". He was a staunch supporter of the invasion of Iraq. A vocal opponent of Sinn Féin and the IRA, he worked for former head of Fine Gael, John Bruton, and advised Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble.