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.
[1][2] 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.
[3] He attempted to get re-elected to South Dublin County Council in 2019, but was unsuccessful by a margin of 39 votes.
[2] A member of the Church of Ireland,[4] he went on scholarship to The King's Hospital private school in Dublin,[5] and was also educated at Trinity College Dublin and St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.