Niall Stokes

Niall Stokes
Born	1951 (age 65–66) Dublin, Ireland
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	University College Dublin (UCD) Synge Street CBS
Occupation	Music journalist, editor
Notable credit(s)	Editor of Hot Press, Editor of the Year (2008 PPAI Magazine of the Year Awards), Industry Award (2009 Meteor Awards)
Spouse(s)	Mairin Sheehy

Niall Stokes (born Dublin in 1951) is the award-winning editor of the long-running fortnightly Ireland music and political magazine Hot Press based in Dublin. He has edited the magazine since 1977. He has been a longstanding champion of Irish music, most famously U2 in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. He was involved with The Music Show, an exhibition of the Irish music industry held in the RDS in October 2008. He was Chairman of the Independent Radio and Television Commission (now the BCI) between 1993 and 1998. He has written a book called Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song.

He graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Whilst in college, Stokes was a member of a band called Eyeless, alongside Neil Jordan. He also did some freelance work before Hot Press began. He lives with his wife, Mairin Sheehy, in Dublin.

On 20 June 2002, he appeared on an episode of Rattlebag which celebrated the 25th anniversary of Hot Press. In January 2008, he attended the recording sessions of "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" in Windmill Lane Studios. He has appeared on the interactive music series The Raw Sessions.

Stokes has also appeared as a panellist on Questions and Answers. On radio he has featured on Five Seven Live,This Week,Morning Ireland and Drivetime.

In 2007, he pursued a High Court action against Denis Desmond, Moya Doherty and John McColgan.

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