Michael McDowell

@SenatorMcDowell

Independent Senator for @NUIMerrionSq & Senior Counsel. Adjunct Professor of Law @UCDLawSchool. Member of Oireachtas Justice and European Affairs Committees

Dublin City, Ireland

Joined March 2016

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 23

You might think a planning application for a wind farm is good news. You’d be wrong - Michael McDowell in today’s @irishtimes michaelmcdowell.ie/you-might-thin…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. A recent planning application to An Coimisúin Pleanála has been made by a limited liability company called Gort Windfarms Limited (GWL). It concerns a windfarm on Slieve Aughty in rural County...

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 17

It was such a pleasure to launch Rob Goodbody’s book in Rathmines Library this evening. Dublin’s Industrial Heritage - From Sandymount Strand to Crumlin Road is a fascinating book published by Wordwell and commissioned by @heritage_dublin

SenatorMcDowell's tweet image. It was such a pleasure to launch Rob Goodbody’s book in Rathmines Library this evening. Dublin’s Industrial Heritage - From Sandymount Strand to Crumlin Road is a fascinating book published by Wordwell and commissioned by @heritage_dublin

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 17

McDowell slams anti-semitism accusations michaelmcdowell.ie/update/mcdowel…

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Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais@OireachtasNews · Jul 17

#OireachtasTV - Watch LIVE coverage from the #Seanad as Senators debate Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 — Committee Stage #SeeForYourself Learn more about the Bill here: oir.ie/53fa70e oir.ie/38ae74c

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 16

Join us tomorrow from 6-7:30pm at Rathmines Library (@dubcilib) for the launch of Rob Goodbody's new book from @wordwellbooks 'Dublin's Industrial Heritage: From Sandymount Strand to Crumlin Road', launched by @SenatorMcDowell. Refreshments provided. All welcome!

DDublin City Heritage Office@heritage_dublin · Jul 7

Dublin City Council's Heritage Office and @wordwellbooks invite you to the launch by @SenatorMcDowell of 'Dublin's Industrial Heritage: From Sandymount Strand to Crumlin Road' by Rob Goodbody. All welcome! 🗓️ Thursday 17th July ⏰ 6-7:30pm 📍 Rathmines Library

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 16

Many people won’t decide how to vote in a border poll until they see what’s on offer - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes michaelmcdowell.ie/many-people-wo…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. On July 12th, the BBC aired an hour-long segment on the main Orange marches held across Northern Ireland and included a piece on the earlier march in less-clement weather at Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal....

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 9

Israeli-American plan seems intended to kill off any hope of a two-state solution by deporting population of Gaza - Michael McDowell in this morning's @irishtimes michaelmcdowell.ie/israeli-americ…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. Some American Christian fundamentalists fervently believe and even hope that we are living in End Times and that the second coming of Jesus is nearly upon us and will come in the context of the...

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 8

I will be speaking to @drivetimerte just after 5pm about today's establishment of a Commission of Investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools Listen live: rte.ie/radio/radio/ra…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. RTÉ Radio 1

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 4

Tune in: I will be speaking to @andreagilligan on @LunchtimeLiveNT shortly about my piece on bedsits in the @IrishTimes earlier this week newstalk.com/listen-live Thanks to so many who have been in touch on the subject michaelmcdowell.ie/folly-of-aboli…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. A letter published in this newspaper yesterday reminded me of the decision, made by the then-housing department in 2009, to ban bedsits with effect from 2013. The letter, from Enid O’Dowd, outlined a...

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 2

Our Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill passed all stages in Seanad Éireann this afternoon. Many thanks to my colleagues in the Seanad and Minister @CarrollJennifer for their support and to so many impacted families for their engagement with me. It is now over to Dáil…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet image. Our Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill passed all stages in Seanad Éireann this afternoon. Many thanks to my colleagues in the Seanad and Minister @CarrollJennifer for their support and to so many impacted families for their engagement with me. It is now over to Dáil…

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 2

Folly of abolishing bedsits only to promote co-living is now becoming clear - Michael McDowell in this morning's @irishtimes michaelmcdowell.ie/folly-of-aboli…

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jul 1

Watch: My contribution at the Foreign Affairs Committee today during Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 #OccupiedTerritoriesBill youtu.be/5w7vuVdc0Y4

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jun 29

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SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. Fiosrú has decided to avoid further action in the case of Evan Fitzgerald, who fired shots in the air in Carlow before taking his own life. Questions have been raised in the Oireachtas about Gardai's...

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jun 29

I’ll be speaking to Justin McCarthy on @thisweekrte just after 1pm about the case of the late Evan Fitzgerald @RTERadio1

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jun 25

The idea that the Kremlin has kompromat on Trump seems increasingly plausible - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes michaelmcdowell.ie/the-idea-that-…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. Whether or not the Islamic Republic of Iran politically implodes in the aftermath of the American-Israeli aerial onslaught, and regardless of whether there is an uneasy truce or phoney war between...

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jun 24

Watch: I spoke about the tragic case of the late Evan Fitzgerald in the Seanad today: "This is a shocking case which needs investigation. I demand that there should be an immediate investigation and accountability from the Garda Commissioner down" youtu.be/QNelFw4Cplc

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Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais@OireachtasNews · Jun 24

Watch LIVE coverage from the #Seanad as Senators debate Motions re the continuance in operation of sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009.

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jun 18

There is a way to unblock Ireland’s infrastructural logjam - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes michaelmcdowell.ie/there-is-a-way…

SenatorMcDowell's tweet card. Listening to Sean O’Driscoll, chairman of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), and member of the Government’s infrastructure taskforce, interviewed recently raised my hopes for a...

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Michael McDowell@SenatorMcDowell · Jun 11

Statement by Senator Michael McDowell on the death of Evan Fitzgerald michaelmcdowell.ie/update/stateme… Watch the clip from today's Seanad contribution on the matter youtu.be/wEmNCrajg58

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