Photos/Pics: Brian Dowling (Full Life Details)

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Well done to Brian for being runner-up on Fáilte Towers. The voting is over and the winner of the show was John Creedon whose charity was Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin for sick children, a charity that was close to his heart as he lost his granddaughter at 8 weeks old and spent much of his time at the hospital during those weeks. All the charities must have benefited greatly from the hard work put in by all the celebrities these past two weeks they are all to be applauded.. Brian did brilliantly on the show, he was the one all rounder in there. He worked very hard, spending 8 of his days in the kitchen - he said he never got chance to work in the bar - was the consummate professional when manager, and running reception, but also added the ultimate ingredient necessary to make any reality TV show work, he was entertaining. It was lovely to watch the Brian we all came to love on Big Brother surface once again on a reality show. The show however left a bitter taste on the final night, with many fans voicing their disgust at the lack of highlights or chat with Brian when he came out of the hotel in second place. The celebrities who came both 4th - Jennifer, and 3rd - Don all had a chat and their highlights shown on leaving the hotel. Brian was just hurried out of the door, and then it immediately went back to the winner John. After all his hard work on the show it did seem that he was denied any moment of glory, and his fans denied the chance to enjoy his second place victory. However, Brian is our champion and we salute him, he did a wonderful job of raising money for his charity The Make a Wish Foundation and to come second when his profile in Ireland is nowhere near as high as many of his fellow celebrities was a real achievement. Hopefully this show will bring him a whole new legion of fans. I am sure that Brian will want to thank everyone who voted for him when he returns home gets a much needed rest.

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Brian is once again hosting the Belfast Pride Prince and Princess contest at The Kremlin nightclub Belfast. The winners of the contest will grace the Kremlin Float at the forthcoming ‘Pride Parade’. It is 3 years since Brian last hosted this event at the Kremlin, although over the years the last one being the Belfast heat of Mr Gay UK in 2006. One again Aidie at the Kremlin has promised the site pictures from the event, so keep checking back.

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On Friday 20th June, a star studded judging panel crowned Sinead Noonan (Miss Meath) the new Miss Ireland at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin. A 21-year-old drama student from Dunboyne, Sinead hopes to become a famous Irish actress and open her own drama school. The event was hosted by Brian Dowling and Myleene Klass and was attended by Ireland's most famous along with the contestants’ family and friends. National and international celebrity judges on the panel included Miss World 2006 Tat'ana Kucharova, Louis Walsh, Amanda Byram, Pamela Flood, Rachel Kavanagh and Matt DiAngelo. After the crowning Shayne Ward performed for the crowd. First runner-up to the Miss Ireland crown was Sarah Stokes from Laois. Second runner-up was Aoife Gallager from Clare.

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Brian presented the award for the Best Irish Folk/Traditional Artist to Damien Dempsey at Ireland's equivalent of the BRITS - The Meteor Music Awards, on Friday 15th February 2008 at the RDS Simmonscourt Dublin. Among those attending the awards ceremony was Westlife, Boyzone, Sinead O’Connor. Stuart Townsend and Charlize Theron also attended the awards being in Dublin for the Dublin International Film Festival. This is the second time that Brian has presented an award at the event. In 2003 presented the award for Best Irish Album: Skylarkin' - Mic Christopher. Check out pictures from the night in our Gallery HERE You can also watch a video of Brian at the meteor awards. HERE

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Brian is featured on the cover of Boyz Magazine for the week 31st Jan 2008 Issue 857. Boyz magazine is featuring a gay history month, by taking a look at the changes to gay life through the decades. This week they have chatted to some of the most famous gay faces from the past five decades. each giving a personal view of their era. Brian is the featured face for the trendy gay new millennium. The magazine can be viewed online by PDF accessed through the BOYZ website However please note that there may be adult content.