children birth_place nationality article_title birth_date spouse employer education name occupation
jonathan emma abie daniel dublin , ireland irish john bowman -lrb- broadcaster -rrb-
 yes july 1942 eimer philbin bowman raidió teilifís Éireann -lrb- rtÉ -rrb- belvedere college trinity college , dublin -lrb- tcd -rrb- john bowman journalist , broadcaster , historian
john bowman -lrb- broadcaster -rrb-

john bowman phd -lrb- born july 1942 -rrb- is an irish historian and a long-standing broadcaster and presenter of current affairs and political programmes with raidió teilifís Éireann -lrb- rtÉ -rrb- .
he chaired the audience-participation political programme `` questions and answers '' on rtÉ one for 21 years .
he is the father of comedian and journalist abie philbin bowman and the broadcaster and journalist jonathan philbin bowman .
