Former tánaiste and minister for justice Michael McDowell has ruled himself out as a candidate for November’s presidential election. Mr McDowell, a senator who played a leading role in the campaign ...

Michael McDowell, a former tánaiste and attorney general, ... Ex-Tanaiste Michael McDowell gives his take on Gerry Adams and IRA membership in BBC defamation case.

This means former Tanaiste and Independent Senator Michael McDowell, who was a thorn in the side of the last government, has emerged as a possible solution to the Coalition’s candidacy problem.

In 2016, McDowell was elected to the Seanad on the NUI panel and was re-elected in 2020 and again last night. Out of a valid poll of 36,114, the NUI panel had a quota of 9,029 – McDowell ...

GERRY ADAMS WAS “reputed to have become a member of the Army Council of the IRA”, former tánaiste and attorney general Michael McDowell has told Adams’s libel trial against the BBC. Adams ...

HEATHER HUMPHREYS AND Michael McDowell are the latest to rule out running for the Áras after having previously considered a bid for October’s presidential election. Former Tánaiste and Justice ...

MICHAEL McDowell told a jury in Gerry Adams’ case that he has never met any politician – apart from Martin McGuinness and Martin Ferris – who did not believe the former Sinn Fein … ...