Personal Life
He is married to psychiatrist Eimer Philbin Bowman and they have had four children: Jonathan, Emma, Abie and Daniel. His eldest son Jonathan Philbin Bowman a journalist, television and radio presenter died in an accident in March 2000. His daughter Emma Philbin Bowman works in Dublin as a psychotherapist . His middle son Abie Philbin Bowman is a columnist for The Dubliner magazine and a stand up comedian, while in 2005 his youngest son Daniel initiated Be Not Afraid; a charity wristband campaign which raised over €80,000 in aid of Turning the Tide of Suicide and the Irish Red Cross and later set up a youth-marketing firm, Spark .
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