About Robert Dowds
Born 1953. Robert Dowds is an Irish politician.
Robert Dowds (born 11 May 1953) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2011 to 2016.
He was a member of South Dublin County Council for the Clondalkin electoral area from 1999 to 2011. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections, serving as Mayor of South Dublin County Council from 2004 to 2005, and re-elected again at the 2009 local elections.
He attempted to get re-elected to South Dublin County Council in 2019, but was unsuccessful by a margin of 39 votes. he went on scholarship to The King's Hospital private school in Dublin, and was also educated at Trinity College Dublin and St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.
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Irish politician
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Robert Dowds was born on 1 May 1953 in Dublin.
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