Brian Flynn grew up in Athlone and was educated in St.Mary’s School Athlone and St.Mel’s College in Longford. As a youngster he played in many local bands and groups such as the Jaguars and the Holy Terrors.  In the early 1970s he formed the folk group Greensleeves and  in 1976 they moved to Germany where, for the next 3 years they achieved great success, recording the album Irish Folk Songs and Dances in 1977 and touring Europe and the US.

In 1979 Brian left to pursue a solo career and for the next 5 years  enjoyed huge acclaim in the legendary Kleinkunst Clubs. During this time he also started a television career as an interpreter/liaison person with German TV.  In this capacity he worked on such highly acclaimed productions as the US/German co-production Winds of War , the cinema film The Lightship with Robert Duval as well as countless other TV shows and commercials.

In 1987 Brian returned to Ireland to take up a position as production assistant with RTE Television and over the next 15 years worked as a researcher / floor manager / presenter / assistant producer and finally Director.

In 2001 Brian met Media Lawyer Andrea Martin in RTE and within 2 years they had both left and moved to Co. Clare where Andrea set up as a freelance Media Lawyer and Brian performed in venues such as Bunratty and Dromoland Castles as well as many local pubs. They married in 2003. In 2004 Brian joined Clare FM as a freelance presenter and over the past number of years has presented practically every show in their schedule, including breakfast, mid-morning, lunchtime, afternoon , drivetime and night time shows

As well as all weekend shows, various chat shows and specials.

Brian and Andrea live in the tiny village of Inch, just 6 kilometres from Ennis and share their house and  gardens with a dog and 3 cats. They both love the rural life, have totally integrated into the local community and now consider themselves fully fledged “Banner” residents !